In this heartwarming tale of second chances, Ruth Winters, a retired widow set in her ways, faces unexpected changes that challenge her carefully maintained solitude. Content with her routine and resigned to a quiet life, Ruth avoids connections and dismisses the idea of happiness. However, life throws her a curveball when her beloved niece announces big news, an old flame reappears, and her estranged sister faces a major life event. Forced to reconnect with people she thought she’d lost, Ruth must confront her past and reimagine her future. As her structured life unravels, Ruth finds herself questioning long-held beliefs and opening up to new possibilities. Through these reconnections, she begins to see that it might not be too late to build a fulfilling, meaningful life after all.
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (November 5, 2024); Pages: 264 pages; ISBN-13: 978-1662518348; ASIN: B0CT4C232T
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Author biography: Marshall Fine, a Minneapolis native, has enjoyed a distinguished 50-year career as a journalist, critic, and filmmaker. He has authored biographies of directors John Cassavetes and Sam Peckinpah, directed documentaries on Rex Reed and Robert Klein, and interviewed Howard Stern for Playboy. A four-time chair of the New York Film Critics Circle, Fine currently resides in Ossining, New York. This novel marks his fiction debut.
Summary: Ruth Winters, uma viúva solitária e rígida em sua rotina, vê sua vida mudar com três eventos inesperados: uma notícia familiar, um amor do passado e uma reconciliação improvável. Agora, precisa abrir o coração para um recomeço.