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Housekeeping
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Housekeeping
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The story of Ruth and her sister Lucille, who grew up haphazardly. The family house is in the far west town of Fingerbone. Ruth and Lucille's struggle toward adulthood touches themes of loss and survival, and the undertow of transience.
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Title
Housekeeping
Edition
First Picador edition.
Authors
Robinson, Marilynne
Subjects
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction.
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Aunts--Fiction.
American fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Language
English
Published
New York : Picador, ©1980.
Publication Desc
219 pages ;
ISBN
0312424094

(pbk.)

Dimensions
21 cm.
Awards Note
Pen/Hemingway Award