Ruth Wind is always worth reading, even when a book isn't a keeper.
The Last Chance Ranch by Ruth Wind (SSE 977)
(1995, Contemporary Series) 6/10/06
Grade: 3.5
Eleven years after going to jail for shooting her abusive husband, Tanya will finally be able to see her son again. He was adopted by her husband’s cousin, Ramon, who founded a school for troubled boys, and Tanya will be working as a cook there, where she can see Antonio from afar. But can she be a mother again - and a lover and wife again?
Another book with a mixture of good and bad. Tanya was a great character, well written and sympathetic. Ramon was also sympathetic and well written, but I didn’t find their romance all that believable. I was more interested in Tanya’s adjustment to the outside world, and her relationship with her son and the other boys at the school. The “romance” seemed a bit out of place and distracting. Ruth Wind always writes well, but this wasn’t one of my favorites.
Although I'm not a big fan of Barbara Samuel's "women's fiction", this book might have been better if a romance hadn't been shoehorned into it.
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