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Synopsis
Chicago private school student Henry stumbles onto the e-mail account he set up for his mother and inadvertently discovers she is having an affair with a violin maker wholly different from Henry's socialist history teacher father.
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Review
Praise for The Book of Ruth:
"Ms. Hamilton gives Ruth a humble dignity and allows her hope-but it's not a heavenly hope. It's a common one, caked with mud and held with gritted teeth. And it's probably the only kind that's worth reading about."
-"New York Times" Book Review
Praise for A Map of the World:
"It takes a writer of rare power and discipline to carry off an achievement like A Map of the World. Hamilton proves here that she is one of our best." -"Newsweek"
"Stunning prose and unforgettable characters...an enthralling tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying ways our lives can spin out of control."
-"Entertainment Weekly" (A+)
Praise for The Short History of a Prince:
"With intelligence and empathy-and drawing on rich veins of irony-Hamilton tells the story of Walter's search to define his talents...at once surprising and redemptive."
-"New York Times" Book Review
"Hamilton's third novel and arguably her best, for it matches its range of emotion with a technical precision both masterful and haunting...Hamilton has eased time and memory throughout her novel with the expert
abandon of a dancer in full pirouette."
-"Boston Globe"
"From the Hardcover edition."
"Wonderful.... Her finest novel yet." -"Chicago Tribune""Lovely...resonant...keenly wrought." -"The New York Times""Funny and moving.... An entertaining, well-plotted meditation on secrecy in the history of a loving family." -"San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle""Stunning...haunting...exquisite. Another troubling masterpiece in what's fast become a remarkable body of work." -"The Christian Science Monitor""Suffused with the bittersweet nostalgia we feel for lost loves and failed romances.... Satisfying and moving. Hamilton writes beautifully." -Francine Prose
Wonderful . Her finest novel yet. "Chicago Tribune" Lovely resonant keenly wrought. "The New York Times" Funny and moving . An entertaining, well-plotted meditation on secrecy in the history of a loving family. "San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle" Stunning haunting exquisite. Another troubling masterpiece in what s fast become a remarkable body of work. "The Christian Science Monitor" Suffused with the bittersweet nostalgia we feel for lost loves and failed romances . Satisfying and moving. Hamilton writes beautifully. Francine Prose"
Wonderful . Her finest novel yet. Chicago Tribune Lovely resonant keenly wrought. The New York Times Funny and moving . An entertaining, well-plotted meditation on secrecy in the history of a loving family. San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle Stunning haunting exquisite. Another troubling masterpiece in what s fast become a remarkable body of work. The Christian Science Monitor Suffused with the bittersweet nostalgia we feel for lost loves and failed romances . Satisfying and moving. Hamilton writes beautifully. Francine Prose"
About the Author
Jane Hamilton is the author of The Book of Ruth, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Awardfor First Fiction, and A Map of the World, a New York Times Notable Book of the year. Both The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World have been selections of Oprah's Book Club. Her most recent work, The Short History of a Prince, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998. She lives in Rochester, Wisconsin.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0786231599
- ISBN 13 9780786231591
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages463
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