The Ninth Wife
Author(s): Amy Stolls
What sane woman would consider becoming any man's ninth wife? Bess Gray is a thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist living in Washington, DC. Just as she's about to give up all hope of marriage, she meets Rory, a charming Irish musician, and they fall in love. But Rory is a man with a secret, which he confesses to Bess when he asks for her hand: He's been married eight times before. Shocked, Bess embarks on a quest she feels she must undertake before she can give him an answer. With her bickering grandparents (married sixty-five years), her gay neighbor (himself a mystery), a shar-pei named Stella, and a mannequin named Peace, Bess sets out on a cross-country journey - unbeknownst to Rory - to seek out and question the wives who came before. What she discovers about her own past is far more than she bargained for. "The Ninth Wife" is a smart, funny, eye-opening tale of love, marriage, and the power of stories to unlock the true meaning of home and family.
General Information
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- : Harper Paperbacks
- : Harper Paperbacks
- : 0.367
- : 01 May 2011
- : United States
- : 01 July 2011
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Amy Stolls
- : Paperback / softback
- : 496
More About The Product
"I love this book's deft, fresh take on male-female relationships. As Amy Stolls takes us into the minds, hearts, and histories of Bess and Rory, we grapple with the thorny, thrilling truth that love is always complicated, always - every time, every day - a risk." - Marisa de los Santos, New York Times betselling author of Loved Walked In
Amy Stolls’ young adult novel, Palms to the Ground, was published in 2005 to critical acclaim and was a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Stolls received an MFA in Creative Writing from American University and a sprinkling of gray hair from her years as an environmental journalist covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Currently, she is the Literature Program Officer for the National Endowment for the Arts, where she has worked since 1988, advising and collaborating with thousands of poets, prose writers, translators, journal editors, booksellers, publishers, educators, and literary presenters around the country to keep literature a vital part of American society. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband.
