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Title: The Book of Ruth : A Novel by Jane Hamilton ISBN: 0-385-26570-0 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 December, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (252 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My life has been enriched by reading this book
Comment: My book club chose the Book of Ruth to discuss last month. We are all educators and have taught Ruth, May and Ruby and their families. I have seen children go through our school system untapped and ignored because of background. These children can be forgotten about from 1st grade on up. It is much easier to ignore these situations than address them. This book made me appreciate the slow children, those from less fortunate, and the ones who do not speak up for fear of being ridiculed just like they are at home. I had a sympathy for Ruth and also for Ruby. T he general concensus was that no one felt sorry for May. She did not even try to overcome her circumstances whereas both Ruby and Ruth did. The ending was sad but all too real in todays society. The positive aspect of this book is that Ruth did survive and has an opportunity for future growth. The fiction of this ending is that all too many times in reality, Ruth would not have survived this brutal attack. Although not an uplifting book, I am certainly glad I read it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Verisimilitude
Comment: So many of the books in this space (personal narrative of a person who generally isn't in a position to speak) fall into what I think of as the wishful thinking trap. That is, they can't seem to resist some kind of transformative moment which saves the character-- some kind of stock situation that, while tempting to believe, is ultimately unfulfilling because it's so false.
The Book of Ruth doesn't write personal history the way we want it to be. It writes history the way it so often is. Some lives are wasted. Some abusive relationships aren't all bad. Some people never recover, no matter how much you wish they would. While this book doesn't close the door on Ruth, it doesn't leave you with a satisfying road map of happiness either. And that uncompromising vision is part of what makes it so strong and beautiful.
Hamilton is a very good writer, and can make something beautiful even when logically you agree with Aunt Syd and know it's a disaster. Really a marvelous book.
Rating: 4
Summary: I put down WOW in my journal!
Comment: WOW Is all I can say. I don't want to give the story away, so I won't say more. This book is def one NOT to miss! I will add this one to my library one day.
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Title: A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons ISBN: 0375703063 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds ISBN: 0425162443 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton, Jane Hamilton ISBN: 0385720106 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 03 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons ISBN: 0375703055 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 038079487X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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