Jane Hamilton
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Hamilton spent has spent most of her life in the Midwest. After Hamilton graduated from college in Minnesota, she stopped off on her way to New York for a job in publishing to visit a friend who was working on a farm for the summer. They needed help for picking season so she stayed a month and ended up falling in love her friend’s cousin. They married and she now lives on an apple orchard in Rochester, Wisconsin.
””’The Book of Ruth””’ *PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award for best first novel *Oprah Book Club Selection *Basis for a 2004 television film of the same title ””’A Map of the World””’ *Notable Book of the Year, New York Times *Top ten books of
A map of the world | A map of the world / | Disobedience | Disobedience : | Laura Rider’s masterpiece : | The book of Ruth | The book of Ruth / | The short history of a prince : | When Madeline was young :