Ruth's Last Adventure

Alzheimer's Patient Escapes

By: Steve Johnson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

"I'll fight you till my final breath!"
Momma Ruth has Alzheimer's but she's not giving up. She doesn't think there's anything wrong with her. "God knows, not all those know-it-all doctors," she says. She dreams of escaping from Oak Hill - and one day she does. Her sons are terrified, thinking she might get killed; but their mother isn't one bit afraid, charging boldly into the unknown on one last adventure.
Ruth meets a compassionate bus driver, a helpful trucker, a protective airman, a large black woman heartbroken over a breakup with her babies' daddy, a thieving online whore, a kind-hearted Latino contractor and Ruthie Columbus, a lonely young lady In pigtails, round wire-rim glasses and an old-style flower-print dress who reminds her a lot of herself when she was younger.
She sees Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon and Mount Rushmore - or does she? She's got photos in her scrapbook to prove it, she says. Her destinations are debatable but one thing is for sure - Ruth's last adventure is her greatest adventure.
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