BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's *In One Person.* Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.ย ย By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten. Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial t
A widow for one year: a novel: novel
โ Scribed by Irving, John
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 389 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0375504478
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โฆ Synopsis
A girl discovers her mother in bed with a teenage boy and later the mother abandons her. Meanwhile, her father is seducing young girls. So begins the story of Ruth Cole, a famous writer struggling to overcome childhood traumas and find love.
โฆ Subjects
A Novel
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