From Publishers WeeklyRose here tells the sad and hilarious tale of Thomas, a Rhode Island zoologist whose wife leaves him. In the month this novel covers, Thomas learns that his heart can break and keep on beating. "It's a funny lesson," commented PW , "an acute kind of humor never far from tears."Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Author of "LARRY'S KIDNEY: Being the True Story of How I Found Myself in China With my Black Sheep Cousin and his Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant ... and Save His Life" (Morrow). Called A satisfying, hysterical page-turner that will captivate fans of travel writing and family narratives, with special interest for anyone who's helped a love one through serious illness. Publishers Weekly (starred review) "