The Book of Ruth
  • Published: 1 December 1989
  • ISBN: 9780385265706
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $39.99
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The Book of Ruth

A Novel

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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.
  • Published: 1 December 1989
  • ISBN: 9780385265706
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the author

Jane Hamilton

Jane Hamilton's first novel, the prizewinning The Book of Ruth, was selected for Oprah Winfrey's influential Book Club, as was her second novel, A Map of the World and The Short History of a Prince was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives on an apple farm in Wisconsin.

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