Bette Ann Moskowitz Three Legs in the Evening Paperback Book

Name: Bette Ann Moskowitz Three Legs in the Evening Paperback Book
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Bette Ann Moskowitz

Three Legs in the EveningA Novel\nAuthor(s): Bette Ann Moskowitz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Collective Ink, United Kingdom\nImprint: John Hunt Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781803412061, 978-1803412061\nSynopsis\nThree Legs in the Eveningcomes from the Sphinx's riddle in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus is asked what creature walks on all fours in the morning, on two legs in the afternoon, and three in the evening. The answer, which Oedipus gets right, is Man, who crawls as a baby, walks upright as a man, and leans on a cane in his old age. Received wisdom, in other words, can be unreliable. Enter the story of Sally B, an over-sixty widow about to retire from her successful greeting card business in the aftermath of 9/11. She has a devoted family who relies on her wit and wisdom. But suddenly all hell breaks loose her best friend dies, she falls into an open grave and she breaks her ankle. As this is happening, her childrens marital lives are unraveling, her grandchildren are in.