{"product_id":"ruin-leigh-seippel-9781947951600","title":"Ruin: A Novel of Flyfishing in Bankruptcy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis vivid story opens with every couple's nightmare--the disappearance of their comfortable known world. \u003ci\u003eRuin\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003ci\u003es\u003c\/i\u003e adventure explores the unpredictable progression of character and chance for Francy and Frank Campbell, newly destitute in their early thirties, along with their lovers and foes. And a murder investigator . . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank is another dreamer whose life is suddenly burned to the ground. More a disillusioned literature Ph.D. than an experienced financier, he had naively agreed to join his wife's inheritance with his own personal guarantee of a college friend's private equity partnership debt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e­The business implosion and subsequent bankruptcy took all their assets. Francy, an orphaned European heiress, now finds herself homeless, still married to pleasant, witty Frank--who had failed to protect them from disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e­The couple flees Manhattan to live at a desolate non-working Hudson Valley farm. Frank starts an artisanal brewery with a charismatic new eccentric friend. And, central to the heart of the story, he takes up fly fishing. A local doctor, perceiving Frank's depression, prescribes that he gain some confidence through self-taught fishing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrank's perceptions on the water are fresh and acute, sometimes colored by his memory of the words of famous writers, now painfully ironic in his life's new context. ­ The novel weaves together fly fishing and life experiences that ultimately turn shockingly deadly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd throughout, there is Francy's story. Now in exile, she re-approaches painting with new and darkly complex emotional energy. Painting in reclusive concentration, she cuts Frank off, tacitly becoming her own woman. Her work's enigmatic intensity attracts a wealthy neighbor who offers Francy a show in his Manhattan gallery and that attracts a great deal of trouble indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Seippel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947951602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947951600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.23w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2022","brand":"Leigh Seippel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076874432767,"sku":"9781947951600","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7b3e046-4c2a-4e14-9b86-d270def1b3ec.jpg?v=1685467262","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruin-leigh-seippel-9781947951600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}