The book of Ruth

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Hamilton, Jane, 1957 July 13-
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Excellent Lombard's and A Map of the World, this is "an extraordinary story of a family's disintegration [that] will be compared to Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres" (People). It follows 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.

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City and town life
City and town life -- Fiction
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Crime -- Fiction
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Electronic books. -- Fiction
Families
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Illinois -- Fiction
Large type books
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Middle West -- Fiction
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Romance fiction
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9780395866504
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9781449872366
9780547523590
9780786210510
9780743542135
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Electronic books
Electronic books. -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Illinois -- Fiction
Large type books
Literature -- Fiction
Middle West -- Fiction
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction
Romance fiction
Rural development -- Fiction
Siblings -- Fiction
Violence -- Fiction
Women -- Fiction
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Electronic books
Families
Friendship
Large type books
Literature
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Rural development
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Violence
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