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A New York Times Editors’ Choice Pick!
“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”–Ron Charles, The Washington Post “A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal“There are inklings of greatness in Kate Riley’s first novel… I suspect it will become an underground classic.”–Dwight Garner, The New York Times 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.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Kate Riley
Published: 08/19/2025
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 9780593715949
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 1.10″ H x 8.30″ L x 5.50″ W
About the Author
Kate Riley was raised in New York City. This is her last book.
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