A Start in Life Author:Anita Brookner Since childhood, Ruth Weiss has been escaping from life into books, from the hothouse attentions of her larger-than-life parents into the gentler warmth of lovers and friends. And now Dr. Weiss, at forty, knows that her life has been ruined by literature, and that once again she must make a start in life. — Enormously sophisticated, knowing, ofte... more »n very funny tragi-comedy, pitched at exactly the right note. A most welcome debut."