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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Picador USA
Publication date October 1, 1999
Pages 225
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780312204303
ISBN-10 0312204302
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 7.75 in.
Weight 1 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $13.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Following the tragic death of her husband, Olivia, a grieving New York City milliner, desperately struggles to rebuild her life, until she meets Ruby, a young, pregnant delinquent abandoned by her family, who takes up residence in Olivia's Rhode Island beach house
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A grieving young widow and a pregnant teenager find an uncommon friendship in a luminous, deeply moving novel.

After a college student speeding in a blue Honda Civic kills her husband of less than a year, Olivia is completely lost. One hot summer day, she walks into the beachfront Rhode Island cottage she and David bought the previous August―the place where they had planned to someday start a family―and finds a stranger sitting at her kitchen table.

Pregnant fifteen-year-old Ruby is looking for a safe haven for herself and her baby-to-be. Olivia takes her in, desperate to assuage her grief through human connection, even with a troubled teenager. But Ruby has something else that Olivia wants. When she agrees to let Olivia adopt her unborn child, Olivia’s life begins to change in ways she never imagined.

A story of love, loss, and unexpected friendship, Ruby introduces two women who help each other move on with their lives in a world where there are no easy answers.



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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780312195533
 
from Picador USA (September 1, 1998)
9780312195533 | details & prices | 225 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.00
About: Following the tragic death of her husband, Olivia, a grieving New York City milliner, desperately struggles to rebuild her life, until she meets Ruby, a young, pregnant delinquent abandoned by her family, who takes up residence in Olivia's Rhode Island beach house
Paperback
Book cover for 9780312204303
 
The price comparison is for this edition
from Picador USA (October 1, 1999)
9780312204303 | details & prices | 225 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $13.00
About: Following the tragic death of her husband, Olivia, a grieving New York City milliner, desperately struggles to rebuild her life, until she meets Ruby, a young, pregnant delinquent abandoned by her family, who takes up residence in Olivia's Rhode Island beach house

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