Despite her teenage son`s need for space and independence, Ellen can`t help but feel she`s rattling about in the big house and her haven has become a cage. When Ellen is widowed and left to raise her son alone, suddenly the cosy family home she`s cherished and felt safe in, echoes with the faded memories of a once happy family. Gradually, their lives become filled with an eclectic crowd of lodgers. So, at her sister`s suggestion, Ellen decides to rent out some rooms. And Ellen, forced at last to step out of the pages of the romantic novels she so lovingly edits, once more learns to live and love again. PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED IN MAY 2010 BUYERS` GUIDE.