The Ballad of West Tenth Street

作者:Kernan, Marjorie

页数:336

出版时间:2009-3

价格:111.00元

isbn号码:9780061669170

具体描述

Once upon a time in Manhattan . . . . . . there stood a pair of fine old brick townhouses on West Tenth Street. One had a blue door with a tarnished brass knocker in the shape of a dolphin. The other was empty. Behind the blue door lived Sadie, the widow of a famous British rocker who died of an overdose, and two of her children, Hamish and Deen. The children manage to muddle along as best they can with a loving but distracted mother. But their whole world changes when the house next door gets a new owner--a mysterious Southerner who quickly endears himself to his new neighbors, taking them--and their friends--under his protective wing. In doing so, he transforms everything. Magical, lively, lovely, and unique, "The Ballad of West Tenth Street" is a contemporary urban fairy tale that delightfully reimagines real life.