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The Book of Ruth

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by Jane Hamilton

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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I feel like I don't have all the ingredients a person is supposed to have.

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I feel like I don't have all the ingredients a person is supposed to have.

— Jane Hamilton, The Book of Ruth