Why didn't I ask where the women's lib train was going before I jumped on?" Ruth kooperman wants to know. Saving Gracie is the story of her rocky journey from carefree east village poet to last-minute mother to single su...Why didn't I ask where the women's lib train was going before I jumped on?" Ruth kooperman wants to know. Saving Gracie is the story of her rocky journey from carefree east village poet to last-minute mother to single suburban mom.