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  Housekeeping (Paperback) By (author) Marilynne Robinson

  

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  Short Description for HousekeepingHousekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, 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 powerfull...
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 07 July 2005
  • Format: Paperback 219 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780571230082 ISBN 10: 0571230083
  • Sales rank: 5,822

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• Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and Lucille, 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 novel about loss, loneliness and transience.