Ruth A Hamilton

Midnight on Lime Street

What possible connections might exist between an aged man who used to sell shoes, some ladies of the night, three abused schoolboys, two nuns, two police officers, a philanthropist, a serial killer, a drugs cartel, Lime Street Station and a mansion in Southport in whose grounds donkeys and horses ar...

The Book of Ruth by Hamilton, Jane (1989) Paperback

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.

That Liverpool Girl

A wonderful World War II saga that is moving and humorous in equal parts, in the backstreets of Liverpool, Eileen Watson lives with her mother, Nellie, daughter Mel, and her three tear-away sons. Life isn't great, but they have each other, and family can get you through anything. Then, on the third ...

Routes of Passage: Rethinking the African Diaspora

Whisper to the Living

With Love from Ma Maguire

Nest of Sorrows

Billy London's Girls

Spinning Jenny

The September Starlings

A Crooked Mile