num_pages: 328
description: Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel, this exquisite book confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence  from which the author creates a stunning testament  to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and love.
language: English
title: The Book of Ruth
titlecomplete: The Book of Ruth
genres: Book Club, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Womens, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 67319
places: The United States of America, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc.