Ruth

Year for Search
2025
Author
Author: Kate Riley
Annotation

The novel is set in a religious intentional community as seen, mostly positively, through the eyes of a woman who is born, raised, and lives there. Portions of the novel were first published in different form as “Miriam: She knew no balm for oddness” in n + 1, no. 29 (Fall 2017) and “.L.R.” in The Paris Review, no. 242 (Winter 2022). 

Pagination
249 pp.
Published Date

2025

Publisher
Riverhead Books
Place Published
New York
ISBN Number
978-0-593715949
Keywords
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2025 Riley, Kate. Ruth. New York: Riverhead Books. 249 pp. Public 

The novel is set in a religious intentional community as seen, mostly positively, through the eyes of a woman who is born, raised, and lives there. Portions of the novel were first published in different form as “Miriam: She knew no balm for oddness.” n + 1, no. 29 (Fall 2017) and “L.R.” The Paris Review, no. 242 (Winter 2022): 147-167. The female author lived for a time in a similar community.

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Portions of the novel were first published in different form as “Miriam: She knew no balm for oddness.” n + 1, no. 29 (Fall 2017) and “L.R.” The Paris Review, no. 242 (Winter 2022): 147-167. 

Author Note

The female author lived for a time in a similar community.

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