Ruth Moore

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Spoonhandle

Author: Ruth Moore
Publisher: Islandport Press

Spoonhandle, Ruth Moore’s second novel, spent 14 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List and was made into the movie Deep Waters. Spoonhandle is about Maine, brilliantly authentic, but the story told is universal, as old as time as it deals with the struggle between love and meanness of spirit, between human dignity and greed.

tagged: Fiction, General Fiction, Islandport Press, Paperback, Ruth Moore

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ISBN associated with this title:	9781944762957
Item	ISL123
Publisher	Islandport Press
Publisher	Islandport Press
Published on	April 30 2021
Language	eng
Pages	320
Format	Paperback
Dimensions	8.5(in) x 5.5(in)
Shipping weight	0(g)
Status	ACTIVE TITLE

Ruth Moore

Ruth Moore, Gotts Island, MaineBorn and raised in the Maine fishing village of Gotts Island, Ruth Moore (1903?1989) emerged as one of the most important Maine authors of the twentieth century, best known for her authentic portrayals of Maine people and her evocative descriptions of the state. In her time, she was favorably compared to Faulkner, Steinbeck, Caldwell, and O'Connor. She graduated from Albany State Teacher's College and worked at a variety of jobs in New York, Washington, D.C., and California, including as personal secretary to Mary White Ovington, a founder of the NAACP, and at Reader's Digest. The Weir, her debut novel in 1943, was hailed by critics and established Moore as an important and popular novelist, but her second novel, Spoonhandle soared to great success, spending fourteen weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. The novel was also made into the movie, Deep Waters. The success of Spoonhandle gave her the financial security to build a house in Bass Harbor and spend the rest of her life writing novels in her home state. Ultimately, she wrote fourteen novels. Moore and her partner, Eleanor Mayo, travelled extensively, but never again lived outside of Maine. Moore died in Bar Harbor in 1989, leaving a nearly unmatched literary legacy.

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