Description
It follows Ruth Grey, a young woman in a tiny Illinois farm town, who has lost her father to World War II and constantly faces her unhappy mother’s wrath—when she isn’t being ignored in favor of her math-prodigy brother. As Ruth navigates her lonely life, she strives to find happiness and pleasure where she can, but the world may conspire to defeat her.
Endorsements
PEN/Hemingway Award Winner.
An “enthralling” novel of a woman trapped within a tragically dysfunctional family — Entertainment Weekly.
“An extraordinary story of a family’s disintegration [that] will be compared to Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres.” — People.
“A sly and wistful, if harrowing, human comedy . . . [An] original voice in fiction and one well worth listening to.” — The Boston Sunday Globe.
“Unforgettably, beat by beat, Hamilton maps the best and worst of the human heart and all the mysterious, uncharted country in between.” — Kirkus Reviews.
“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.” — Glamour.
New York Times–bestselling author.
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