When Madeline Was Young Trade Paperback | Anchor | Fiction - Literary | September 2007 | $13.95 | 978-1-4000-9699-2 (1-4000-9699-5) Jane Hamilton, award-winning author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World brings us a rich and loving novel about a non-traditional family in the aftermath of a terrible accident. When Aaron Maciver’s beautiful young wife, Madeline, suffers a head injury in a bicycle crash, she is left with... Read More Disobedience Trade Paperback | Anchor | Fiction | July 2001 | $15.00 | 978-0-385-72046-5 (0-385-72046-7) From Jane Hamilton, author of the beloved New York Times bestsellers A Map of the World and The Book of Ruth, comes a warmly humorous, poignant novel about a young man, his mother's e-mail, and the often surprising path of infidelity. Henry Shaw, a high school senior, is about as comfortable with... Read More A Map of the World Trade Paperback | Anchor | Fiction | December 1999 | $13.95 | 978-0-385-72010-6 (0-385-72010-6) From the author of the widely acclaimed The Book of Ruth comes a harrowing, heartbreaking drama about a rural American family and a disastrous event that forever changes their lives. The Goodwins, Howard, Alice, and their little girls, Emma and Claire, live on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Although suspiciously regarded by... Read More The Short History of a Prince Trade Paperback | Anchor | Fiction | March 1999 | $13.95 | 978-0-385-47948-6 (0-385-47948-4) Walter McCloud is a boy with dreams unlike most. Introduced as a child to the genius of Balanchine and the lyricism of Tchaikovsky, Walter has always aspired to be a dancer. As he grows older, it becomes clear that despite his desire, he lacks the talent, and he faces the painful... Read More The Book of Ruth Trade Paperback | Anchor | Fiction | December 1989 | $14.95 | 978-0-385-26570-6 (0-385-26570-0) Winner of the 1989 PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award  for best first novel, this exquisite book  confronts real-life issues of alienation and violence  from which the author creates a stunning testament  to the human capacity for mercy, compassion and  love. Read More Home  •  The Author  •  Bookshelf  •  Reading Groups  •  Praise  •  Newsletter © Copyright 2006 Doubleday/Anchor/Random House, Inc. | Privacy Policy | All rights reserved. Website and photography by Mary-Jo Valentino. Author photo © Kevin Horan.