TY - BOOK AU - Steel,Danielle TI - 44 Charles Street: a novel SN - 9780739378052 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Random House Large Print KW - Boardinghouses KW - Fiction KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Large type books KW - West Village (New York, N.Y.) KW - Love stories KW - gsafd N2 - Large Print. The plumbing leaked; the furniture was rescued from garage sales. And every inch was being restored to its original splendor-even as a relationship fell apart. Owner of a struggling art gallery and newly separated from her boyfriend, Francesca Thayer does the math and then the unimaginable. She puts out an advertisement for boarders, and soon her Greenwich Village house becomes a whole new world. First comes Eileen, a pretty L.A. transplant, now a New York City schoolteacher. Then there's Chris, a young father struggling for custody of his seven-year-old son. The final tenant is Marya, a celebrated cookbook author hoping to heal after the death of her husband. Over the course of one amazing, unforgettable, life-changing year, the house at 44 Charles Street fills with laughter, heartbreak, and, always, hope. In the hands of master storyteller Danielle Steel, it's a place those who visit will never want to leave ER -