01271cam a2200301 4500 9763565 TxAuBib 20040313120000.0 ||||||s1998||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 97049166 9780375501371 acid-free paper 0375501371 acid-free paper TxAuBib Irving, John, 1942- A widow for one year : a novel / John Irving. New York : Random House, 1998. xiv, 537 p ; 25 cm. Wilson's Fiction. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Tells the story of Ruth Cole, looking in on three stages of her life, the first in the summer of 1958 when she is four and her parents are estranged; next in the fall of 1990 when Ruth, unmarried, has a thriving literary career but no personal success; and finally in the autumn of 1995 when she falls in love for the first time. Adult. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Authors Fiction. Mother-daughter relationship Fiction. Man-woman relationship Fiction.