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Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award — A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374525187
ISBN-10: 0374525188
Publication Date: 9/30/1997
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This book is a joy to read. It is delightfully well written and leaves you wanting more.
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This author's prose is absolutely lush--like reading poetry. I think this is one of the moodiest, saddest books I've ever read.
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Interesting book about two sisters upbringing in the West. The sisters have a series of guardians after their mother dies. The writer's style of writing changes as the book progresses. Well written.

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I have been a big fan of this movie for years. I watch it once a week!!! And was so excited to finally find the book. I loved it. This style of writing is what I love.

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