Jane Hamilton





Jane Hamilton

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born
in Rochester, Wisconsin, The United States
July 13, 1957

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Jane Hamilton lives, works, and writes in an orchard farmhouse in Wisconsin. Her short stories have appeared in Harper's magazine. Her first novel, The Book of Ruth, won the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel and was a selection of the Oprah Book Club. Her second novel, A Map of the World, was an international bestseller.


Average rating: 3.65 · 63,308 ratings · 2,593 reviews · 15 distinct works · Similar authors
A Map of the World
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 28,860 ratings — published 1992 — 26 editions
The Book of Ruth
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 28,263 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions
Disobedience
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 1,964 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
When Madeline Was Young
3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 1,518 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions
The Short History Of A Prince
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
Laura Rider's Masterpiece
2.57 of 5 stars 2.57 avg rating — 948 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
The Guardian
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions
Les herbes folles
1.0 of 5 stars 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 2 editions
The Family Markowitz
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
Catfantastic IV
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1996
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“She read books quickly and compulsively, paperback after paperback, as if she might drift away without the anchor of the printed page.”
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“It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.”
Jane Hamilton

“...you have to learn where your pain is. You have to burrow down and find the wound, and if the burden of it is too terrible to shoulder, you have to shout it out; you have to shout for help... And then finally, the way through grief is grieving.”
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