A Widow for One Year
By John Irving
Categories: Literature & Fiction
A Widow for One Year is a 1998 novel by John Irving, author of The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany. Part of it was adapted into the 2004 film The Door in the Floor. The novel follows Ruth Cole across almost four decades, starting in 1958 when she is four and her parents' marriage is collapsing after the deaths of her older brothers. Ruth grows up to be a famous novelist, and her story moves from Long Island to Amsterdam's red-light district.
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