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The Book Of Ruth (novel)
''The Book of Ruth'' (1988) is a novel by Jane Hamilton. It won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel in 1988 and was the Oprah's Book Club selection for November 1996. Plot summary An awkward midwest girl, Ruth, is growing up in the small town of Honey Creek, Illinois. Elmer, her father, left the family when she was ten, leaving her mother, May, feeling bitter. May is unhappy with and disappointed in Ruth because she is nothing like her shining brother, Matt, who is a mathematical genius with a scholarship to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT. Their mother is crushed when Matt moves away to Boston after graduation and is left with Ruth, who takes a job at the local dry cleaner shop. Ruth's one confidant is her mother's sister, and Aunt, who is worldly and kind, and recognizes that Ruth is a sensitive observant young woman. Ruth's Aunt continues a relationship with both Ruth and Matt over the years, and provides Ruth with a glimpse into what life could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Baker (author)
Helen Baker, (born 18 April 1948 in England) is an English author. Baker studied economics at the University of York before obtaining a bilingual secretarial certificate from the City of London College and a Certificate of Education from Wolverhampton Technical Teachers' College. She is best known for her books concerning personal finance, particularly ''Money Matters For Women'' (1993) published by Penguin, later updated as ''Wealth For Women'' (2005): Another major theme in her work is Teaching English as a Foreign Language in such books as ''Teaching A Frenchman English - In and Out of Bed'' (2011) and ''English - Laugh And Learn'' (2006). More recently she has written eight novels based on Jane Austen's books, continuations like ''Playfulness (book), Playfulness'' (2008), a continuation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, completions like ''The Brothers By Jane Austen And Another Lady'' (2011) and a complete revamping like ''Miss Jane Austen's Lady Susan – Revived'' (2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |