One of the first things Ruth mentions about her mother is her love for everything exotic. ... At times she is overly enthusiastic and full of life and optimism, the next, she's used up and unable to accomplish the smallest of things. ... She wants to move, and eventually does, but she experiences a lot of difficulty doing so because she knows her family may easily fall apart without her. ... Her open-mindedness is one very positive aspect of her personality that she gained from her mother and possibly overshadows the negatives; were it not for her willingness to try new things, Ruth ...

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