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The Book of Ruth
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613025270
ISBN-10
061302527X
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.82 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$28.20
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award  for best first novel, this exquisite book  confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence  from which the author creates a stunning testament  to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and  love.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (May 1, 1997)
9780786210510 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $25.95
About: General FictionLarge Print EditionMs.
About: General FictionLarge Print EditionMs.
Reissue edition from Houghton Mifflin (December 1, 1996)
9780395866504 | details & prices | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $18.95
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over
from Ticknor & Fields (November 1, 1988)
9780899197449 | details & prices | List price $18.95
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over
Paperback
Reprint edition from Anchor Books (January 1, 1990)
9780385265706 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
About: Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
Cassette/Spoken Word
Abridged edition from Simon & Schuster Audioworks (January 1, 1997); titled "Book of Ruth"
9780671576479 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $23.00
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over.
About: The black sheep of her troubled family, Ruth struggles to keep the peace between her mother, her young son, and her slightly off-the-wall husband and to put the pieces back together when a heated situation boils over.
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613025270 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.82 lbs | List price $28.20
About: Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
About: Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
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