RUTH PERKINSON

A Review of Piper's Someday 

Reviewed by Terri L. Jones, V Magazine for Women

Harper Lee pulled it off with Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird; Carson McCullers’ Frankie won readers over in The Member of the Wedding; and in Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown helped you get to know - and like - the young Molly Bolt. But it’s not easy writing from the perspective of a child. Not only must you come up with convincing dialogue, but you’re also forced to resurrect those unadulterated thought processes that you long ago outgrew. Now, Richmond author Ruth Perkinson has created a character reminiscent of—and as believably and likeably portrayed—as the classic literary tomboys before her, in her new novel, Piper’s Someday.

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