44 Charles Street (2011)

Over the course of a year 4 roommates become a family. ( )

Its an excellent book. Its a story of a failed relationship and how what happens after leads to everlasting love. Francesca is the owner of the house on 44 Charles Street. She lived in this house with Todd. Neither believed in marriage and though they could live together without marriage ever becoming an issue. Unfortunately, at forty-one years of age Todd's biological clock started to tick. He wanted marriage and the children to fill his life along with Francesca. As for Franscesca, her mind was made up. She feared she would turn into her mother, Thalia who married five times and lived a comfortable life because of these previous marriages. At sixty-two she was looking for her sixth marriage and was not having any luck. This made Francesca afraid of making a commitment like marriage.

After Todd leaves the house, in an effort to make the mortgage payments, Francesca decides to take in roommates. She takes in three roommates. Her first is Eileen, a recent college graduate and a Special Ed teacher. Her second a thirty-eight divorced man named Chris who is the father to Ian. Last, Marya a famous French chef whose husband passed away about six months earlier. They are all single and need each other for family comfort. Over time during the difficult times life brings us, they become a family.

Great read.

Thought I would give DS another chance but she hasn't changed her writing style.....still continues to say the same thing a million different ways to fill the book. BORING and couldn't finish it. ( )

I love this book. I just finished it.
This book has a little bit of everything in it. From love, to loss, to abuse, drug use, family , friends and a small child.
In this book Francesa was at a crossroads in her life, Todd her boyfriend of 5 years , is moving out of the house they bought, fixed up and loved .. this for the past year has not been good with them.
Francesa wants to keep the house she loves and also the Art Gallery they started together while he moves back to Wall Street, in trying to figure out how to keep her house and her gallery she chooses to rent out parts of her beloved home after selling her fathers paintings to buy out Todd , her father buys Todd's half of the gallery.
The roommates are a good fit for her. Eileen comes first she teaches Special Ed, then comes Chris a divorces man with a 7 year old son that will be there every other weekend, and then Marya a famous chef.
This book follows them thru the next year or so a great read. ( )

So I haven't read a DS since... the ranch? Long, long, time, and I really enjoyed this as a get away in Maine book. Very good beach read, but nothing that brought me out of the sun to finish it. The cover is what got me, I love red doors. If you want a quick getaway book , read it, maybe from the library or wait for paperback. ( )