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About This Book:

Title: A Virtuous Woman

Other Available Formats:
Digital, -001
Hardcover, 1989
Paperback, 1990
Paperback, 1991
Hardcover, 1997
Audio Cassette, 1997
Prebinding, 1999
Audio Cassette, 2000

Synopsis
A short, unsentimental novel about a dying woman and her husband's attempts to come to grips with being a widower.

Details
Series:             Oprah's Book Club
Language:        English

Size
Weight:        0.5 Pounds
Height:         8.3 Inches
Width:          5.5 Inches
Thickness:    0.5 Inches



Publisher Notes
First Line: She hasn't been dead for four months, and I've already eaten to the bottom of the deep freeze.
When Blinking Jack Stokes met Ruby Pitt Woodrow, she was 20 and he was 40. She was the daughter of Carolina gentry. He was a skinny tena nt farmer who had never owned anything in his life. They didn't fall in love so much as they simply found each ot her and held on for dear life.



Industry Reviews
"Complex, compact...The architecture of this novel is remarkable."
(4/30/89)
"Kaye Gibbons shows us the secret core of a love that easily outlasts death. It's invisible mastery, but mastery all the same."
"Kaye Gibbons has put together a small masterpiece."


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is A Virtuous Woman and it was written by Kaye Gibbons. This edition of A Virtuous Woman is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is November 1997 and it has a suggested retail price of $12.95. There are pages in the book and it was published by Vintage Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 0375703063 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780375703065. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.