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        Housekeeping


        setting

        Fingerbone, Idaho

        time

        1950s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1980

        page count

        219

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Ruth, Lucille, Helen

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        My name is Ruth. I grew up with my sister, Lucille, under the care of my grandmother, Mrs. Sylvia Foster, and when she died, of her sisters-in-law, Misses Lily and Nona Foster, and when they fled, of her daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Fisher.

        last lines

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