{"product_id":"to-peak-or-not-to-peak-9781796082333","title":"To Peak or Not to Peak","description":"\u003cp\u003eI was born in San Francisco in 1948 and grew up during the 50's and 60's in the Bay Area. It was an exciting time to grow up. I stared writing poetry and short stories all through school. My first published poem was in 1995, \"e;A Christmas Night\"e;. After high school I became a licensed Cosmetologist. I quit after six months to work for Pacific Telephone in 1968. I met my husband in 1966 and we married in December 1968. When we bought our family business, Coffee Creek Ranch, in 1976, life became a busy hub between business, family and children s schools. We lived at the ranch in Trinity County until we both semi-retired in 2001. We moved north once again to the beautiful Scott Valley in the town of Etna. Though the years as my children were growing up, I worked as a teacher s aid and found the biggest obstacle for most children was learning to read. We both couldn t stay retired as we were still active, so I became a teacher s aid, once again. I taught children from Kindergarten to high school to read for the first time. I write under my pen name Rudi as my late husband, Marcus, had a hard time to pronounce my name Ruth. He loved to read the newspaper and did a great job of faking to read. He could read in his native language, Dutch, and spoke it fluently and never lost his accent. It was part of his charm. When I met him, he was trying to read a Mickey Spillane novel and never did finish it. I give him credit when we had our two children, he read to them every night before they went to bed. He loved children s books. We moved back to Coffee Creek Ranch in 2008. I still live and work at the ranch during the season as the chef serving my guests and educating them on eating healthy!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53532380004631,"sku":null,"price":538.56,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6918\/8119\/files\/9781796082333.jpg?v=1781254063","url":"https:\/\/payment.letskitaboo.com\/ur\/products\/to-peak-or-not-to-peak-9781796082333","provider":"Kitaboo One eStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}