

On the final page of A Widow for One Year.

Irving's best books are Dickensian in their rich characters, plotting and language-and of course, in moving the reader. To be human is to savor them." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "A POWERFUL TALE TO ADD TO AN ALREADY EXTRAORDINARY BODY OF WORK FROM A GREAT AMERICAN WRITER." - Richmond Times-Dispatch "MASTERFUL. The pleasures of this rich and beautiful book are manifold. " - The New York Times "DEEPLY AFFECTING. Irving is among the few novelists who can write a novel about grief and fill it with ribald humor soaked in irony." - USA Today "IRVING'S MOST ENTERTAINING AND PERSUASIVE NOVEL SINCE. "BY TURNS ANTIC AND MOVING, LUSTY AND TRAGIC, A Widow for One Year is bursting with memorable moments." - San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle "WISELY AND CAREFULLY CRAFTED.
