Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Paperback (07 Jul 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Home and Gilead, a modern American masterpiece by an author whose work 'defines universal truths about what it means to be human' (Barack Obama)

'A classic.' Guardian
'A masterpiece.' The New Yorker
'It's pretty much a perfect novel.' David Nicholls
'I just adore this book and have probably reread it a hundred times.' Michelle Zauner

Ruth and Lucille are orphans growing up in the small desolate town of Fingerbone in the vast northwest of America. Abandoned by a succession of relatives, the sisters find themselves in the care of Sylvie, the remote and enigmatic sister of their dead mother. Steeped in imagery of the bleak wintry landscape around them, the sisters' struggle towards adulthood is powerfully portrayed in a masterful modern classic exploring loss, loneliness and transience.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571230082
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 219
Weight: 186g
Height: 198mm
Width: 127mm
Spine width: 15mm