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I suppose, for literary effect, I should start with how everything was dying that year-how the riverbed dried up into a brown Brillo pad, the wisteria shriveled on their vines.
I suppose, for literary effect, I should start with how everything was dying that year-how the riverbed dried up into a brown Brillo pad, the wisteria shriveled on their vines.
About this book
Elayna Leopold, 35, works from home in New Jersey so that she can raise her young daughter, Hazel, while her husband puts in long hours as a lawyer in New York. Elayna is typical of women who spend their twenties chasing dreams in the city only to spend their thirties chasing children in the suburbs. Yet no one knows better than she that life can change instantly. Two years ago her infant son died, sending her into a depression from which she's just emerging. Now, suddenly -- thrillingly -- Elayna finds herself craving life's passions again. When she meets Kevin, a young artist and neighbor, she discovers a version of herself she thought was gone forever. As she uncovers yearnings that could destroy everything she cherishes, a threat to Hazel emerges from an unlikely source, making Elayna's choices and decisions that much more critical. Riveting, tender, and utterly real, Sweet Ruin is a gripping story about one woman's search for passion amid the challenges of ordinary life and a triumph of contemporary fiction from a writer known for her candor and wisdom.
Themes & subjects
Married womenSuburban lifeFictionLarge type booksFiction, sagasMarried people, fiction
First published 2006Setting
New York
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