Ruth

Author(s): Riley, Kate,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 21/08/2025,
Pagination: 256 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Doubleday,
Published By: Transworld Publishers Ltd,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
Dimensions: 223 x 145 x 26
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9780857529886

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A LitHub most anticipated book of 2025Ruth 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.

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