Ruth
Riley, Kate2025
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Ruth is raised in a snow globe of Christian communism, a world without private property, television, or tolerance for idle questions. Every morning she braids her hair and wears the same costume, sings the same breakfast song in a family room identical to every other family room in the community; every one of these moments is meant to be a prayer, but to Ruth they remain puzzles. Her life is seen in glimpses through childhood, marriage, and motherhood, as she tries to manage her own perilous curiosity in a community built on holy mystery. Is she happy? Might this in fact be happiness? Ruth immerses us in an experience that challenges our most fervent beliefs.
Main title:
Ruth / Kate Riley.
Author:
Riley, Kate, author
Imprint:
London : Doubleday, 2025.
Collation:
256 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780857529886 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3618.I4
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4232485