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By John Irving

Narrated by: George Guidall

Unabridged — 24 hours, 9 minutes

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Overview

Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.**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 time in her life.**When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.

The second window into Ruth's life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career.**She dist...