Portrait of a marriage Author:Pearl S. Buck William and Ruth came from two different worlds. He ws a sensitive, proud artist son of a rich and often selfish family. She was the unlettered daughter of an earthy Pennsylvania farmer. Yet, from the moment William saw Ruth, he knew he must have her. And with a stuvvorn intensity that shattered his family's objection, William went after th... more »is soft-spoken but provocative woman who knew nothing of art and elegance, but who was all-wise in the ways of love.« less