{"product_id":"ruin-a-novel-of-flyfishing-in-bankruptcy-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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seippel, Leigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947951600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.23w x 1.16d","brand":"Leigh Seippel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39932165193803,"sku":"9781947951600","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_db55e668-133f-45db-8e5a-b371b4d375bd.jpg?v=1672149659","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/ruin-a-novel-of-flyfishing-in-bankruptcy-9781947951600","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}