by JohnIrving (Author), JohnIrving (Author)
'One night when she was four and sleeping in the bottom bunk of her bunk bed, Ruth Cole awoke to the sound of lovemaking - it was coming from her parents' bedroom'. This is the story of Ruth Cole. It is told in three parts: on Long Island, in the summer of 1958, when she is only four; in 1990, when she is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career; and, in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's also about to fall in love for the first time...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 656
Edition: 1
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 01 Jun 1999
ISBN 10: 055299796X
ISBN 13: 9780552997966
Book Overview: A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.