The Ruins of California -- Martha Sherrill, Paperback

For the Ruin family in 1970s California, as described by the precocious young Inez, life is complex. Her father, Paul, is self-obsessed, intrusive, and brilliant. He's also twice divorced, leaving Inez to bounce between two worlds and embracing neither-that of Paul's bohemian life in San Francisco and the more sedate world of her mother Connie, a Latin bombshell who plays tennis and attends EST seminars in the suburbs. As Inez progresses through high school we are witness to a remarkable family saga that renders a strange and fascinating slice of America in transition-one like the Ruins of California themselves, at once bold and innocent, creative and chaotic, obsessed and liberating.

Author: Martha Sherrill
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 01/02/2007
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.14w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781594482311
Age Range: 18-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 16
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 114775 / Ruins of California

About the Author
Martha Sherrill is the author of The Buddha from Brooklyn, a work of nonfiction, and My Last Movie Star, a novel.