The Monk Downstairs: A Novel

A cynical single mom's life changes when she rents her apartment to an introverted ex-monk in this "tender, witty" novel (New York Times Book Review).

Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I'm thirty-eight years old, and I've got a daughter learning to read and a job I don't quite like. I don't need the violin music. But when ...