STORYBOUND: Ruth Wariner

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Jude Brewer

Science, Technology, Society & Culture

4.8 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Ruth Wariner reads an excerpt from "The Sound of Gravel," backed by an original Storybound remix with Shook Twins, and sound design and arrangement by Jude Brewer. Ruth Wariner is an internationally renowned speaker and author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, "The Sound of Gravel". At the age of fifteen, Ruth escaped Colonia LeBaron, the polygamist Mormon colony where she grew up, and moved to California. She raised her three youngest sisters in California and Oregon. After earning her GED, she put herself through college and graduate school, eventually becoming a high school Spanish teacher. She remains close to her siblings and is happily married. "The Sound of Gravel" is her first book. Shook Twins is a Portland-based folk group featuring twins Katelyn and Laurie Shook. Mixing traditional folk instruments like mandolin and banjo with looping machines and beatboxing, Shook Twins pays homage to folk's roots, while creating an entirely new sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on Storybound, we have Ruth Warner, an internationally renowned speaker and author of The Sound of Gravel, an instant New York Times bestseller, which People magazine called Heartbreaking, Haunting, yet ultimately, uplifting.
0:17.0	Ruth's story is an intimate heart-stopping story of courage and triumph.
0:21.6	The 39th of her father's 42 children, she details her tumultuous childhood, coming of age
0:27.4	in a polygamous family in rural Mexico.
0:30.5	She offers an unforgettable portrait of the violence that threatened her community, her fierce
0:35.3	loyalty to her siblings, and her own unshakable belief in the possibility of a better future for them all.
0:41.3	Ruth escaped to the U.S. with her youngest siblings in 1987, putting herself through college and graduate school while raising her three younger sisters.
0:51.3	She taught high school Spanish for many years before becoming a writer
0:54.7	and small business owner in Portland, Oregon. She will be reading the first chapter from her book,
1:01.3	The Sound of Gravel, with musical accompaniment by Shook Twins.
1:07.9	I'm Ruth Warner, and you're listening to Storybound.
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