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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: 9780553205756
ISBN-10: 0553205757
Publication Date: 3/1982
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3.8 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Bantam Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This book was very well written but I found it a little dark and a bit depressing.
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lyrically written, spellbinding imagery.

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