Dimensions
134 x 206 x 31mm
In THE NINTH WIFE, readers will meet 35-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist Bess Gray a single woman living in Washington DC who falls in love with a charming Irishman named Rory. But when Rory asks her to marry him, Bess, who had nearly given up hope of marrying at all, is horrified to find that he's already been married 8 times before. Readers learn in Rory's own voice the stories of his ex-wives while Bess, unbeknownst to him, sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope to meet some of them. And what a ride it is!
Along for the trip are her Jewish grandparents who, after 65 year of constant bickering, have decided to move to Arizona, her gay neighbor (himself an utter mystery), a shar pei named Stella, and a black mannequin named Peace. What will be Bess' answer to Rory's proposal? How could a sane woman really consider becoming the ninth wife of any man? We are all along for the ride as Bess uncovers family secrets from her distant past, secrets that begin to reveal to her the person she wants to be.
