The World According To Garp

Garp's mother was arrested in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theatre

So begins the story of Jenny Fields, feminist icon, writer, and deliberately single mother to Garp. An observer of life and aspiring writer himself, Garp grows up in the shadow of one powerful woman and falls in love with another.

The World According to Garp is a novel of aspirations and extremes. Ultimately it is the chronicle of a life, and the powerful ties that bind mother and son.