Ruth's Journey — Donald McCaig

Before Tara, before Ellen and Scarlett, before the war that would divide a nation ... she was Ruth. This is her story.

Set against the backdrop of the American South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, Ruth's Journey sweeps from the island of Saint-Domingue to Savannah to Charleston and finally to Tara, bringing to vivid life one of the most intriguing supporting characters in all of literature: Mammy from Gone with the Wind. From her early years as the beautiful young companion to a strong-willed French émigré mistress to her brief marriage to the love of her life and finally to her life's calling as with and devoted caretaker to the women of the Robillard and O'Hara families, Ruth knows days full of both joy and unspeakable sadness. She is a rock in the river of time, never abandoning those in her charge and never forgetting those lost to her in the ravages of her days.

Ruth's Journey, authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, is a magnificent literary achievement inspired by one of the most passionately adored American novels of all time.