The Monk Downstairs

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