This book, Set in England, is an okay read.  It is about a widow, Ellen Wood, her son Charley, and the boarders she takes in to make ends meet.  Her first boarder, Sabine, is a German divorcee.  The second boarder, Matt, is a London journalist and the third boarder is Allerga, an elderly author of romance novels.  Ellen has taken her in and is also her personal assistant while she lives with Ellen.  Ellen was her proofreader, previous to Allegra's moving in.  All the lives of these people get intertwined, not without complications once Ellen recognized she has agrophobia and can't even get out her front door.  It takes an accident to Ellen's sister to bring all the people together and to get Ellen out the door. 

It is sort of a soap opera style story with lots lf bed hopping and relationship entanglements.  Of course, everything works out in the end and they all live happily ever after.

These days it seems that Kindle and its ilk are all the rage. But who can blame the poor reader when the paper and ink version of the latest thriller rings up at $25-$30 at the corner book store?

If you don't want to give up the luxurious pleasure of turning those pages but you just can't see paying out all that money, there is another way. Check out the Friends of the New Albany Library Book Sale! Every first and third Saturday, we have a fabulous book sale from 9 AM to 1 PM in the library's Annex Buidling with prices hodling at $1 hardback and 50 cents paperback (children's books are even cheaper—we want to encourage the youngsters to read!). And this is not a little corner of the library—this is a huge building with shelf after shelf of books on every subject imaginable: fiction, mystery, romance, history, biography, travel, art, cookbooks, religion, gardening—I could go on and on. You have to see it to believe it. Yes, our books are older but we do have some goodies. And we also offer an e-newsletter that gives you a sneak preview of all the special items that have come in since the last sale. To subscribe, send me an email.

Here's a list of the book sales for the rest of 2010:

• November 6: HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY, FOL BOOK SALE! Special Treats & Surprises.
• November 13: Special Book Auction & Party at the Library. Birthday cake donated by Sweet Stuff Bakery, shampagne and treat.
• November 20: Annual Thanksgiving Sale. 50% off Cookbooks & Diet Books.
• December 4 & 18: Annual Christmas Sale.
• December 11: Holidays in the Library with Santa, the Balloon Man and More!