Synopsis
Meet Ruth Caster Hubble. Feisty, cantankerous, and irreverent, she is an old woman struggling to maintain order in a harebrained modern world, and today is the last day of her life.
White Rabbitfollows Ruth's progress minute by minute on this fateful day as she copes with the breakdown of her household appliances, her own vital organs, and her faith in romantic love. While Ruth meanders her way through the day's routine, heartbreaking memories surface that open windows into her past. She thinks of Hale, her beloved first husband, who died in 1944; and hopeless Henry, her steadfast husband of 36 years, whom she calls, with a mixture of affection and contempt, a "boob." As the hours tick by, Ruth starts seeing things. A furry white bunny keeps hiphopping across her field of vision, announcing "Time," and Ruth has to wonder if hers is up.
Written with an understated elegance, warmth, and surprising depth,White Rabbitheralds the arrival of a writer of formidable talent.
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Kate Phillips graduated from Dartmouth in 1988 and is presently a Ph.D. candidate in the American Civilization program at Harvard.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. BI3 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus a remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges. A story told from a 88 year old viewpoint on what turns out to be the final day of her life. She pursues her daily life and its claustrophobic routine which is lightened by the caustic wit with which she views herself and the feelings that keep overwhelming her . There are family complications, life with her current husband and the ghost of her first, all of which are fuel for her ruminations. This is the author's first novel. 212p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # SCW02409
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