β Scribed by Hamilton, Jane
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"An American beauty this book . . . The narrator of Jane Hamilton's sensational first novel is a holy lusty innocent."
βVOGUE
"Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope βbut it's not a heavenly hope. It's a common one, caked with mud and held with gritted teeth. And it's probably the only kind that's worth reading about."
βNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Hamilton's story builds to a shocking crescendo. Her small-town characters are as appealingly offbeat and brushed with grace as any found in Alice Hoffman's or Anne Tyler's novels."
βGLAMOUR
"Jane Hamilton's novel is authentically Dickensian . . . The real achievement of this first novel is not so much the blackness as the suggestion of resilience. At the end, Ruth begins to put together her shattered body, spirit and life. Her words are awkward, as they have been all along, but suddenly and unexpectedly they shine.
βLOS ANGELES TIMES
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"An American beauty this book . . . The narrator of Jane Hamilton's sensational first novel is a holy lusty innocent." βVOGUE "Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope βbut it's not a heavenly hope. It's a common one, caked with mud and held with gritted teeth. And it's pro
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. A passionate coming-of-age story of an uneducated
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. A passionate coming-of-age story of an uneducated