ISBN13: 9780521251334 ISBN10: 0521251338 Material Type: hardcover
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ISBN13: 9781483375465 ISBN10: 1483375463 Material Type: paperback
remain as germane as ever
her mother retreated into crosswords and scotch
Housekeeping: A Novel Traditional Folk ISBN13: 9780521251334 ISBN10: 0521251338 MaterialA modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and remote aunt. The family house is in the small Far West town of Fingerbone set on a glacial lake, the same lake where their grandfather died in a spectacular train wreck, and their mother drove off a cliff