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LocationOakland
Call NoF RIL
TitleRuth / Kate Riley.
AuthorRiley, Kate, 1987- author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2025026793 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2025026793
Barcode47660111113391
CollectionFiction
Summary"In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593715963 ebook
International Standard Book Number 9780593715949 hardcover
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/eng/20250620
Personal Name Riley, Kate, 1987- author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2025026793 http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n2025026793
Title Statement Ruth / Kate Riley.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Riverhead Books, 2025.
Physical Description 248 p. hardcover 22 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/contentTypes/txt
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/mediaTypes/n
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc
Summary, Etc. "In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Christian women. Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Religious communities. Fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Fiction lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2015026020
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Riley, Kate, 1987- Ruth New York : Riverhead Books, 2025 9780593715963 (DLC) 2024054782