Ruth White

A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.

When an innocent man barely survives being lynched by a mob of vigilantes seeking justice for a rancher who was murdered, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the errant vigilantes to justice.

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.

An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.

In 1947, following the U.N. decision to split British Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, a former U.S. Army officer is recruited by the Jews to reorganize the Haganah.

The budding friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repugnant co-worker.

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.

The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.

In Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole.

A woman's sexual compulsions threaten to destroy her marriage.

A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system and becomes bodyguard to a rich recent widow on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name--and get over her husband.

A college student goes to prison for vehicular manslaughter and unpaid tickets. He escapes with his girlfriend, becoming fugitives. The narrative explores the sustainability and consequences of their life on the run.