{"product_id":"ruth-a-novel-0593715942","title":"Ruth: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0593715942\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riley, Kate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025Named a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair\"I loved RUTH.\"-LordeIt would never work out, but Im in love with Ruth.-Ron Charles, The Washington PostA wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait  [a] standout.-Sam Sacks, Wall Street JournalThere are inklings of greatness in Kate Rileys first novel I suspect it will become an underground classic.-Dwight Garner, The New York TimesIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52225042055456,"sku":"NEW0593715942","price":12.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/812TC9wwpAL.jpg?v=1787294637","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/ruth-a-novel-0593715942","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}