Philosophy made simple
a novel
by Robert Hellenga
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Widower Rudy Harrington, a father of three grown daughters, leaves his Chicago home for a new life at an avocado grove in Texas, where he takes up philosophy, presides over his daughter's Hindu wedding, and falls for his son-in-law's mother.
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Philosophy Made Simple
2009, Little, Brown and Company
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in English
0316090387 9780316090384
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Philosophy made simple: a novel
2007, Back Bay Books : Little, Brown
in English
- 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
031601334X 9780316013345
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Philosophy made simple: a novel
2007, Back Bay Books : Little, Brown
in English
- 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
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Philosophy Made Simple
August 23, 2006, Thorndike Press
Hardcover
in English
- Largeprint edition
0786288442 9780786288441
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Philosophy Made Simple
January 2006, Little Brown and Company
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0316013803 9780316013802
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"Rudy took up philosophy late in life."
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Rudy Harrington is ready for a new life. His daughters are grown, his wife has died, and the idea of running an avocado grove in Texas suddenly seems infinitely more appealing than staying in his rambling Midwestern house.So a new life it is. Rudy heads off for a part of the world where he knows scarcely a soul. But he has a guide: a slender book called Philosophy Made Simple, each chapter highlighting the ideas of a different philosopher. No amount of Plato, Schopenhauer, or Sartre, however, can prepare Rudy for the surprises that emerge as he arranges for his daughter's Hindu wedding and gets to know Norma Jean - an elephant with a talent for painting - who is abandoned to Rudy's care and who leads him, ultimately, toward the prospect of a new love.
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