The Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth - Paperback

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The Book of Ruth - Paperback

The Book of Ruth - Paperback

by Jane Hamilton
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by Jane Hamilton (Author)

Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Awardfor best first novel, this exquisite bookconfronts real-life issues of alienation and violencefrom which the author creates a stunning testamentto the human capacity for mercy, compassion andlove."

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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.

Author Biography

Jane Hamilton is the author of The Book of Ruth, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction; 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 magazine; Disobedience; and The Short History of a Prince. She lives in Rochester, Wisconsin.

Number of Pages: 336
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.12 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: December 01, 1989
Award: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (1989)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Book of Ruth
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 19
ISBN9780385265706
Author Jane Hamilton
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 1989
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Jane Hamilton's novels have won literary prizes, have been made into films, and have been international bestsellers, and two of them, The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World, were selections of Oprah's Book Club. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times; The Washington Post; Allure; O, The Oprah Magazine; Elle; and various anthologies. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.

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