La història de la Ruth Cole és explicada en tres parts. La primera es situa a Long Island a lestiu de lany 1958, quan la Ruth només té 4 anys. La segona part, a lany 1990, narra la vida de la Ruth com a adulta soltera concentrada en la seva carrera literària, i en la última part corre lany 1995 i la Ruth és una mare de 41 anys vídua, a punt de enamorar-se per primer cop.
This is the story of Ruth Cole. It is told in three parts: on Long Island, in the summer of 1958, when she is only four; in 1990, when she is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career; and in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's also about to fall in love for the first time...
