The Book of Ruth

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."

Author: Jane Hamilton
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 12/01/1989
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.26w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780385265706

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 19
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 18434 / Book of Ruth

Award: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/01/1989

About the Author
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.