Books by Domenica Ruta and Complete Book Reviews
Domenica Ruta. Random/Spiegel & Grau, $25 (207p) ISBN 978-0-8129-9324-0
Life under an erratic single mom, first on welfare, then a millionaire, in the 1980s proved a wearying contest for survival of the fittest as recounted in this valiant, bittersweet debut by Danvers, Mass., native Ruta. Five feet tall and Italian...
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Domenica Ruta. Spiegel & Grau, $27 (272p) ISBN 978-0-525-51081-9
Ruta explores ideas of forgiveness and loneliness through the experiences of three characters on the titular holiday in this meandering, purposeless debut set in a time much like our present. Thomas “Bear” Clark is an American astronaut aboard the...
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Domenica Ruta. Random House, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-593-73405-6
Bestseller Ruta (Last Day) serves up a deceptively breezy tale of a 30-something Manhattan food writer’s found family. When Sandy unexpectedly gets pregnant during a date with Justin, an aspiring rock musician, she decides she likes him enough to...
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