“The RoseBouquet”

(a character in Ruthe’s Secret Roses)

The delightful thing about having a little sister, is that you get to watch them grow up. Later on you might even have her for a friend on an equal footing. That’s not guaranteed, but sisters often report growing very fond of one another later, even if they fought over everything as children.

In Ruthe’s Secret Roses, Ruthe has a very close relationship with her younger, seven-year-old sister, but not so close to the middle sister.

Sharri is her Meitze, or kitten. At the beginning Ruthe still treats her like a little sister that must be watched and babysat. Meantime, Sharri is dying to be treated as an equal, and is smart enough to find ways to show her growing maturity.

She defends Ruthe when the rest of their family is suspicious of her, covers for her, and generally tries to show her big sister she’s trustworthy.

Since Ruthe is dying to share her secrets with someone, she seriously considers letting Sharri in on them. She delays, but then decides to test her with a few smaller secrets.

Sharri passes with flying colours. So Ruthe then introduces her to some of the other secret roses or friends, she has in the city. They go to some elaborate lengths to set up those times so that the family at home thinks Sharri has naturally good reasons to go along.

It doesn’t take long for Sharri to become an ingenue star, both in the designer shop, and in her school back in their small home town. Just associating with Ruthe’s mature Christian friends makes her wise beyond her years. Mind you, that red-headed tutor and the designers at the shop put quite a bit of effort into mentoring her. They coach her in setting a good example in school, and taking the lead, knowing that most kids are looking for someone to follow.

It bemuses Ruthe that her little sister can act like her real age, but mentally understand and be motivated as if in her early twenties. Everyone else finds it obvious that Sharri is only copying and following her adored big sister.

The downside is that the more Ruthe continues in her life of duplicity, the easier Sharri finds it to act out certain roles in her life. You’ll have to wait for future sequels to see how Sharri turns out when she really hits her twenties. Meantime, she adds a fun dimension to this first book.

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