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Ruth's marriage never had any good times; just mediocre times, interspersed increasingly frequently with lonely times, and towards the end, bloody awful times. So she's less disturbed by her husband's leaving her than by the empty nest left by her only child's departure for college. Luckily, Ruth's exsister-in-law is a brick. And Joy is going to look after Ruth in the next stage of her life, whatever feelings Ruth might have on the subject...