{"product_id":"ruth-a-novel","title":"Ruth: A Novel","description":"Named a Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2025\n\nNamed a Washington Post Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025\n\nNamed a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, Marie Claire and Vanity Fair\n\n\"I loved RUTH.\"—Lorde\n\n“It would never work out, but I’m in love with Ruth.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post\n\n“A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait … [a] standout.”—Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal\n\n“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\n\nIn 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.\n\nRuth 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593715942\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593715942.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Riley, Kate\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41589183152186,"sku":"DBV.0593715942.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593715942-0.jpg?v=1786503511","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ruth-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}