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odyssey in a teacup: ruth roth series book #1 by paula houseman

26/7/2018

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Reviewed for Readers' Favorite by Grant Leishman 

​Odyssey in a Teacup: Ruth Roth Series Book One, by Paula Houseman takes us on a journey of self-discovery through the eyes of a young Jewish, Australian girl, Ruth Roth, who along with her three best friends Vette, Maxi and her cousin Ralph, all try to find their place in a society that doesn’t seem to accept them for who they are. Reminded from an early age, by her domineering and sharp-tongued mother Sylvie, that she was a “mistake” and a “bad mistake” at that, Ruth wants to allow her natural tendencies to rebel to flourish, but she feels unwanted and her spirit crushed by the lack of her mother’s acceptance. We follow Ruth and her friends from their innocent youth and childish games through to her approaching middle-age, all the time Ruth searching for the true purpose of her life and her place in this world. Told, in part, as a series of reminiscences of disasters and bad decisions in all of their lives, Ruth slowly becomes aware that her spirit has been stolen from her and in order to rise above all the dysfunction, she needs to reclaim the free spirit that belongs to her.
 
This story is a mixture of humorous anecdotes that tie together with Ruth and her friend’s anxieties, flaws, and self-perceptions. The use of Greek mythology and the duplicitous nature of the God’s and their questionable character and morals is a perfect analogy in describing the foibles and eccentricities that beset this fascinating group of friends. Paula Houseman has given us a plethora of readily identifiable characters, from our own lives, to hate, to love and to groan and empathise with, in Odyssey in a Teacup: Ruth Roth Series Book One. Written with that underlying self-deprecating Jewish humour that we have come to love so much, this story has some truly inspired and genuinely funny moments that had me constantly chuckling to myself, as I was able to identify with it. Writing genuinely funny tragi-comedy is not an easy thing and certainly Houseman is to be commended and admired for her efforts here. For all of us who have suffered periods of self-doubt, this story will help to remind you that we are all unique individuals and it is our diversity, not our homogeneity that makes us, as a species, special. This was a cracking good read and I look forward to reading the continuing adventures of Ruth Roth sometime soon.


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