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Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1980
Pages
Pages 220

Two orphaned sisters in a remote lake town are raised last by a gently drifting aunt, and one girl chooses respectability while the other follows the aunt into a life untethered.

My name is Ruth. I grew up with my younger sister, Lucille, under the care of my grandmother, Mrs. Sylvia Foster.
Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson

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