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The Book of Ruth (1988) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel in 1988 and was the Oprah's Book Club selection for November 1996. Plot summary. An awkward midwest girl, Ruth, is growing up in the small town of Honey Creek, Illinois.
The Book of Ruth, by Jane Hamilton, is the story of a girl growing up on the Illinois-Wisconsin border, born into a world that simply doesn’t love her. It is a study on the culture of the American boonies, on the failed education system, and of a flawed family, as Ruth struggles for hope.
4.1 975 ratings. See all formats and editions. Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.
Praise for Jane Hamilton's The Book of Ruth. The Book of Ruth is told from the perspective of a simple, naive woman — in describing the events of her life she reveals perhaps more about herself than she is aware.
Jane Hamilton is the author of The Book of Ruth, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for first fiction, and A Map of the World, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and named one of the top ten books of the year by Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, the Miami Herald, and People.
Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love. Product Details.
The Book of Ruth. Written by Jane Hamilton. Category: Fiction. Publisher: Anchor. Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages. Pub Date: December 1989. Price: $14.95. ISBN: 978-0-385-26570-6 (0-385-26570-0) ABOUT THIS BOOK.
About The Book of Ruth. Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence from which the author creates a stunning testament to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.
The Book of Ruth. By Jane Hamilton. 328 pages; Anchor Books/Bantam Doubleday Dell. The Book of Ruth is told from the perspective of a simple, naive woman — in describing the events of her life, she reveals perhaps more about herself than she is aware. Featured in Oprah's Book Club 1996.
The Book of Ruth. Jane Hamilton. HMH, Oct 7, 2014 - Fiction - 336 pages. PEN/Hemingway Award Winner: An “enthralling” novel of a woman trapped within a tragically dysfunctional family...