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Ruth Cook
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GenderFemale
IndustryPublishing
Occupationauthor
LocationBirmingham, AL, United States
IntroductionI am the author of two books about people displaced by war--the Civil War and WWII. Currently, I am finishing a commissioned biography for a family in California and working on marble quarry research for the City of Sylacauga. I am also a corporate trainer who specializes in business writing.
Interestshistory, writing, world issues, golf, grandkids, meals for First Light Shelter
Favorite moviesAtonement, The Rabbit-proof Fence,Julie and Julia, the Blind Side,
Favorite musicanything by Norah Jones. lots of jazz, classical, Wynton Marsalis trumpet, just heard "Oblivion" in several versions and loved it,
Favorite booksGuests Behind the Barbed Wire, North Across the River, Moloka'i, Three Cups of Tea, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, The Lace Reader, Serena, In the Woods, The Help, the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Still Alice,The Queen of Bedlam,Olive Kitteredge, The Well and the Mine,The Art of Racing in the Rain, A Mercy, Stones into Schools, Wolf Hall, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?

I wanted to lose some weight.

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