Kate Riley

In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning. Ruth is raised in a snow globe of Christian communism, a world without private property, television, or tolerance for idle questions. Every morning she braids her hair and wears the same costume, sings...

In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning. A LitHub most anticipated book of 2025 'It will become an underground classic' New York Times 'A wonderful, loving, tenderly teasing and often moving portrait... Standout' Wall Street Journal 'An irresistibly smart and...