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Ruby's Slippers
by
Leanna Ellis (Goodreads Author)
Dottie Meyers, 35, is a real-life Dorothy Gale living with her little black dog on a small farm in Kansas that’s about to be hit by a tornado. Knocked unconscious by the storm, she awakes three months later at a recovery facility in California where her father, last seen when she was four, has left her a mysterious pair of ruby slippers.
But unlike The Wizard of Oz, this is...more
But unlike The Wizard of Oz, this is...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by B&H Books
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Dottie Meyers and Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz have many things in common. They both own a little black dog and they both live on a farm in Kansas. Just like Dorothy; Dottie gets knocked unconscious by some debris during a tornado. Unfortunately Dottie does not end up in the wonderful world of Oz. Dottie instead wakes up in a nursing home in California. Dottie receives a mysterious package. Inside the package is a pair of ruby red slippers. The slippers were left by Dottie’s father. Someon...more
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Dottie (Dorothy) Meyers lives on a small Kansas farm, alone but for her little dog Toto – oops ... Otto. When a tornado rips through her property, it not only demolishes the home she’s lived in all her life, but knocks the middle-aged maiden out cold. She awakens three months later at Rainbow’s End, an assisted living facility in California. Near her bed are a pair of ruby slippers – a gift from the father she hasn’t seen since she was four.
Haunted by childhood memories and a longing to meet the...more
Haunted by childhood memories and a longing to meet the...more
Title: RUBY’S SLIPPERS
Author: Leanna Ellis
Publisher: Broadman & Holman Books
April 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8054-4698-2
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/women’s fiction
Dottie Meyers is happy with her life in Kansas. All she ever wanted was the family farm, a family to love, and her dad to return home. Her sister, Abby, on the other hand, always wanted more—more money and more fame. Now, Abby is a famous movie star, but she is always out of money—she sold what things she had, and went home to Kansas to...more
Author: Leanna Ellis
Publisher: Broadman & Holman Books
April 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8054-4698-2
Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/women’s fiction
Dottie Meyers is happy with her life in Kansas. All she ever wanted was the family farm, a family to love, and her dad to return home. Her sister, Abby, on the other hand, always wanted more—more money and more fame. Now, Abby is a famous movie star, but she is always out of money—she sold what things she had, and went home to Kansas to...more
New author to me, Leanna Ellis, was a pleasant surprise. This is not a book that I would have picked up myself. It was given to me, and I am so glad it was. I would categorize it as Christian Chick Lit. It is a fun and easy read; however, there was much more substance than I expected. This novel could have been extremely cheesy; but a little cheddar never hurt anyone. I actually enjoyed the parallels to the Wizard of Oz, especially within the characters. Dottie Meyers is injured in a tornado in...more
If you love the Wizard of Oz with all the crazy characters and the adventures they go on, you will love this story. Even if you weren’t crazy about the movie that starred Judy Garland you will love this book. I have to say I wasn’t really a fan of the movie, it scared me tremendously as a kid, yet my parent’s insisted we watch it every year. The Wizard of Oz has been redeemed for me. Hooray! Leanna took me inside the pages of this clever, witty, fun and surprising story. I found treasure where I...more
When I received it, I really didn't have any idea until I read an insert about the "Wizard of Oz" and then I got into it and love the suspense of not knowing if the slippers were the real ones or not, and I loved the way you did the tornado and then Sophia had been in a coma for so long. The older people at tge home were really funny.
I really liked the way the author did with all the people that keep joining up with Sophie as she traveled to Washington state to find her father. I didn't think m...more
I really liked the way the author did with all the people that keep joining up with Sophie as she traveled to Washington state to find her father. I didn't think m...more
This book was a surprise, literally! Apparently in early February, I either saw something about this book somewhere else online (none of my Goodreads friends has it on their lists), or someone recommended it to me, and I put it on hold through my library's interlibrary loan system and promptly forgot I'd done so. (Imagine what I felt when I got an email that a book I did not recall requesting was available for me to pick up! HA!)
The blurb about the book did look interesting, so I thought I'd giv...more
The blurb about the book did look interesting, so I thought I'd giv...more
Leanna Ellis is one of the more original voices in women’s fiction, and she proves it in her latest novel, Ruby’s Slippers.
After a tornado flattens her farm, Dottie Meyers awakens from a coma to find she’s literally not in Kansas anymore. Admitted to a West Coast recovery facility by her selfish sister, Dottie finds her life is as much of a whirlwind as the storm. But the discovery of a pair of ruby slippers left at her bedside by her absentee father sends Dottie, her friends, and her little do...more
After a tornado flattens her farm, Dottie Meyers awakens from a coma to find she’s literally not in Kansas anymore. Admitted to a West Coast recovery facility by her selfish sister, Dottie finds her life is as much of a whirlwind as the storm. But the discovery of a pair of ruby slippers left at her bedside by her absentee father sends Dottie, her friends, and her little do...more
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I really don't know what to say about this book. I thought it was a modern day retelling of The Wizard of Oz but it's not. It has some similarities, constant references to the movie, and an all too frequent reference to the ruby slippers. I don't really understand how anyone knew that Dottie was in possession of the shoes. The slight twist at the end about the girls' father is weird and came out of left field. And for some reason it annoyed me that the main character's name is Dottie, that her d...more
While I would consider myself a strong fan of Leanna Ellis, it took me a little longer to get into the flow of RUBY'S SLIPPERS.
Still, that's not to say this book didn't hold me in it's grip. The beginning throws you right there into the tornado with Dottie and her little dog Otto. The chapters are short, the language is jumpy, Dottie is fading in and out of consciousness. Through her recovery, I felt very tied to Dottie's emotions. Her sense of confusion, her desire to be back where life was nor...more
Still, that's not to say this book didn't hold me in it's grip. The beginning throws you right there into the tornado with Dottie and her little dog Otto. The chapters are short, the language is jumpy, Dottie is fading in and out of consciousness. Through her recovery, I felt very tied to Dottie's emotions. Her sense of confusion, her desire to be back where life was nor...more
Although I am not necessarily a “Wizard of Oz” fan, I thought the cover and premise of this book sounded cute and fun. The new idea of taking a commonly loved or known story and remaking it, or even writing a sequel to it, can be a novelty at times. This retelling of this iconic film is interesting, and fun to draw up the similarities as you read.
Told from Dottie’s point of view, we watch this woman of 35 (ironically my own age), drift into a seemingly life of retirement. She seemed much older t...more
Told from Dottie’s point of view, we watch this woman of 35 (ironically my own age), drift into a seemingly life of retirement. She seemed much older t...more
This is another book that has found its way to my bookshelf, and isn't going anywhere. Dottie's story is such a fun adventure! Having cared for her sick mother until her death, she's still living in the house she grew up in; still living the quiet life she's always lived; and does not even want to imagine any kind of change to her routine. In other words, she's in a very predictable, very boring rut, until a literal tornado takes her staid life and shakes it up completely! She wakes up three mon...more
Who doesn’t love The Wizard of Oz? Perhaps no one as much as the narrator of Ruby’s Slippers, Dottie Meyers, whose grandmother worked on set with Judy Garland during the making of the movie. Dottie has grown up a Kansas farm girl whose father left the family when she was just a child. Her sister, Abby, is currently making her mark in Hollywood, and the girls’ mother, Ruby, has recently died. When Abby comes home to visit, Dottie finds her searching through their mother’s belongings in the cellar...more
The back cover said, Imagine...The Wizard of Oz meets Cinderella. This is a fascinating story of family lost and found. Sibling rivarly and desperation. Overcoming fear of the unknown and believing in faith and God above all else. I was hooked with the very first chapter and through the end. The main character is Dorthy Meyers and as she follows her yellow brick road she comes to realize life is a miracle.
I'm usually not big on religious fiction since so many books tend to be overly didactic, but I really enjoyed this one. I'm going to look for more Leanna Ellis books to see if they're all palatable.
I love Leanna's writing style and the way she weaves well-known characters into her stories. Ruby's Slippers draws from both Dorothy Gale and Cinderella in a thoroughly entertaining way.
Very clever how references to The Wizard of Oz were worked into the book.
I enjoyed this book. It was a fast read.
One of my faves!
I didn't expect all the references to the Wizard of Oz when I started reading this book, so I was a bit surprised, but it was really cute how it was tied into Ruby's Slippers.
The story took some turns that I didn't anticipate in the beginning, but they were definitely positive turns. Ruby's Slippers is a touching story that inspires you to appreciate the life that you have today and strive to make tomorrow the best it can be.
The story took some turns that I didn't anticipate in the beginning, but they were definitely positive turns. Ruby's Slippers is a touching story that inspires you to appreciate the life that you have today and strive to make tomorrow the best it can be.
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Leanna Ellis writes quirky women's fiction for B&H Publishing. She has won the Golden Heart award as well as the National Readers Choice Award. She lives in Texas with her husband and kids, menagerie of critters -- two dogs, two cats and a beta fish named Bobby.
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