Jane Hamilton is the author ofThe Book of Ruth, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction;A Map of the World, aNew York TimesNotable Book of the Year and named one of the top ten books of the year byEntertainment Weekly,Publishers Weekly, theMiami Herald, andPeoplemagazine;Disobedience; andThe Short History of a Prince. She lives in Rochester, Wisconsin.
“An American beauty this book…. The narrator of Jane Hamilton’s
sensational first novel is a holy lusty innocent.” –Vogue
“A sly and wistful, if harrowing, human comedy. Hamilton is a new
and original voice in fiction and one well worth listening to.”
–Boston Sunday Globe
“Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope–but
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.” –The New York Times Book Review
“Hamilton’s story builds to a shocking crescendo. Her small-town
characters are a appealingly offbeat and brushed with grace as any
found in Alice Hoffman’s or Anne Tyler’s novels.” –Glamour
“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.”
–Los Angeles Times
“A disturbing and beautiful book.” –Hilma Wolitzer
“An extraordinary story of a family’s disintegration…. Will be
compared to Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres. Astonishingly vivid and
moving.” –People
“An enthralling tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying ways of
our lives.” –Entertainment Weekly
“Unforgettably, beat by beat, Hamilton maps the best and worst of
the human heart and all the mysterious, uncharted country in
between.” –Kirkus Reviews
"An American beauty this book.... The narrator of Jane Hamilton's
sensational first novel is a holy lusty innocent."
-Vogue
"A sly and wistful, if harrowing, human comedy. Hamilton is a new
and original voice in fiction and one well worth listening to."
-Boston Sunday Globe
"Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope-but
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." -The New York Times Book Review
"Hamilton's story builds to a shocking crescendo. Her small-town
characters are a appealingly offbeat and brushed with grace as any
found in Alice Hoffman's or Anne Tyler's novels."
-Glamour
"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."
-Los Angeles Times
"A disturbing and beautiful book." -Hilma Wolitzer
"An extraordinary story of a family's disintegration.... Will be
compared to Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres. Astonishingly
vivid and moving." -People
"An enthralling tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying ways of
our lives." -Entertainment Weekly
"Unforgettably, beat by beat, Hamilton maps the best and worst of
the human heart and all the mysterious, uncharted country in
between." -Kirkus Reviews
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