The main character was a writer, it took place in New England, sports were a major part of one or more character’s lives, their intimate relations were a bit screwy, and there was at least one tragic death. I wasn’t surprised to see a lot of Irving’s staples in this book. In A Widow for One Year, we follow Ruth Cole through three of the most pivotal times in her life: from her girlhood on Long Island (in the summer of 1958) through the fall of 1990 (when she is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career), and at last in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother (and she’s about to fall in love for the first time). Other books by Irving reviewed on this blog: This book has been looming over my head ever since so I’m glad to finally have finished it. I meant to read this book three years ago with my work book club but I transferred to a new building and it never happened. It’s twisted in a way that makes him fun to read and even after reading so many of his books, he can still surprise me.
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