Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Who is Ruth Fisher van den Meer from Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and what is their importance?
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Ruth is Margarethe's elder daughter who is assumed mentally handicapped because she does not speak. She is a large girl and frequently called an ox. Ruth is the first person narrator of the Prologue and the Epilogue. Clara gives her a windmill toy in the beginning of the story and when they become stepsisters, Ruth cares more for Clara than her own mother. She even speaks or sings a few words to Clara on occasion.