false <![CDATA[The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518188m/5187.jpg 5187 10 <B>Oprah Book Club® Selection, November 1996</B>: <i>The Book of Ruth</i> is a virtuoso performance and that's precisely why it can be excruciating to read. Author Jane Hamilton leads us through the arid life of Ruth Grey, who extracts what small pleasures and graces she can from a tiny Illinois town and the broken people who inhabit it. Ruth's prime tormentor is her mother May, whose husband died in World War II and took her future with him. More poor familial luck has given Ruth a brother who is a math prodigy; Matt sucks up any stray attention like a black hole. Ruth is left to survive on her own resources, which are meager. She struggles along, subsisting on crumbs of affection meted out by her Aunt Sid and, later, her screwed-up husband Ruby. Hamilton has perfect pitch. So perfect that you wince with pain for confused but fundamentally good Ruth as she walks a dead-end path. The book ends with the prospect of redemption, thank goodness--but the tale is nevertheless much more bitter than sweet. 3234420 1988 The Book of Ruth (Oprah's Book Club) total:3946|5:646|4:1335|3:1331|2:471|1:163| 3946 13668 5035 373 1 8 false false Mon Dec 17 23:25:12 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 23:36:23 -0800 2007
I despise po' country lit written by women.

Is that terrible? Does that make me a bad feminist?

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I looked for the one you just read, Sara, but the PL ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 14:48:30 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 06:51:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 06:05:42 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 16:47:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:14:40 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:17:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat May 10 19:34:48 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 19:38:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 08:37:38 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 11:41:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 13:44:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 13:44:06 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:48:03 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 14:08:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 11 19:46:09 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 19:49:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:16:23 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 17:24:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:46:11 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 14:19:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 31 04:13:53 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 04:18:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5187