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The book of Ruth / Jane Hamilton.

Hamilton, Jane, 1957- (author.). Hamilton, Jane, 1957- (Added Author).

Summary:

Ruth Grey, a young woman in a tiny Illinois farm town, who has lost her father to World War II, and constantly faces her unhappy mother’s wrath—when she isn’t being ignored in favor of her math-prodigy brother. As Ruth navigates her lonely life, she strives to find happiness and pleasure where she can, but the world may conspire to defeat her.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385265700
  • ISBN: 9780385265706
  • ISBN: 061302527X
  • ISBN: 9780613025270
  • ISBN: 0395866502
  • ISBN: 9780395866504
  • Physical Description: 328 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Anchor books edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 1990.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
PEN/Hemingway Award, 1989.
Genre: Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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scottsboropl F Ham 32269001235095 Adult - Fiction Available -

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05010. ‡aPS3558.A4428 ‡bB66 1990
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1001 . ‡aHamilton, Jane, ‡d1957 July 13- ‡eauthor.
24514. ‡aThe book of Ruth / ‡cJane Hamilton.
250 . ‡aFirst Anchor books edition.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bAnchor Books, ‡c1990.
300 . ‡a328 pages ; ‡c21 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
340 . ‡nregular print.
4901 . ‡aOprah's book club
520 . ‡aRuth Grey, a young woman in a tiny Illinois farm town, who has lost her father to World War II, and constantly faces her unhappy mother’s wrath—when she isn’t being ignored in favor of her math-prodigy brother. As Ruth navigates her lonely life, she strives to find happiness and pleasure where she can, but the world may conspire to defeat her.
586 . ‡aPEN/Hemingway Award, 1989.
655 7. ‡aDomestic fiction. ‡2lcgft
7001 . ‡aHamilton, Jane, ‡d1957 July 13-
901 . ‡a161406 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c161406 ‡tbiblio

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