{"product_id":"ruth-book-kate-riley-9780593715949","title":"Ruth","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of 2025\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Named a \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Fiction Book of 2025\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eVulture, Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I loved RUTH.\"--Lorde\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"It would never work out, but I'm in love with Ruth.\"--Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait ... [a] standout.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eSam Sacks\u003ci\u003e, Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"There are inklings of greatness in Kate Riley's first novel... I suspect it will become an underground classic.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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? \u003ci\u003eRuth\u003c\/i\u003e immerses us in an experience that challenges our most fervent beliefs.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51885908623633,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51885908721937,"sku":"NIN9780593715949","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52117364474129,"sku":"CIN0593715942G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53073048568081,"sku":"CIN0593715942VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593715949.jpg?v=1754589638","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/ruth-book-kate-riley-9780593715949","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}