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   Nov 1, 1988 · Jane Hamilton. 3.86. 67,651 ratings1,510 reviews. 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.

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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. Elmer, her father, left the family when she was ten, leaving ...

   • Author: Hamilton, Jane, July
   • Country: United States

   • Publish Year: 1988
   • Pages: 328 pp

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   Jan 1, 1990 · 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.

   • 4.1/5 (591)
   • Author: Hamilton, Jane, July

   • Price: $8.99
   • Brand: Anchor

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   Who wrote the Book of Ruth?

   • 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. An awkward midwest girl, Ruth, is growing up in the small town of Honey Creek, Illinois.

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   What is the Book of Ruth about?

   • 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.

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   What does Ruth see in the beginning of the book?

   • In the beginning of the book, when Ruth is a young girl, we see a flame, a fire, as her thirst for knowledge and passion for life cause rebellion against her mother, May, who stands over her children, determined to keep them on a leash in the dark.

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   Can a reader accept the self-consciously literary narrator as Ruth?

   • There is no way the reader can accept the self-consciously literary narrator as Ruth, who tells us repeatedly how stupid and illiterate she is. Likewise I found Hamilton's attempts to empathize with her characters both shallow and condescending.

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   Jan 1, 1988 · 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.

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   • Author: Jane Hamilton

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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. Read An Excerpt.

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10. www.barnesandnoble.com › w › the-book-of-ruth-janeThe Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

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    Overview. 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.

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    Price: $14.95. ISBN: 978-0-385-26570-6 (0-385-26570-0) ABOUT THIS BOOK. 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. QUOTES.