Roommates Wanted

A Novel

By Jewell, Lisa

Publishers Summary:
1990. Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house with too many bedrooms to count as a wedding present from his father, but his marriage is over within a month. Very alone, and very lonely, Toby posts an advertisement seeking the "Unexpectedly Alone" to become his roommates. Fifteen years later the wayward souls he takes in are still living with him, with no intention of leaving. 2004. Please tell me how I can convince you to move out. Toby Dobbs has met Leah Pilgrim from across the road, and they're falling in love. But before they can begin a new life together, Toby and Leah must help Toby's house of sweet slackers and lovelorn misfits grow up, solve their problems, and set themselves free. But can their new relationship survive the test?

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ISBN
978-0-06113-747-1
Publisher
Harper Paperbacks


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Library Journal

Reviewed on February 15, 2008

Jewell (Vince and Joy) weaves together the oddball lives of London misfits in this well-crafted and entertaining seventh novel, published in Britain as 31 Dream Street. An eccentric poet, Toby has established a rooming house for anyone needing refuge from the real world. There's rocker Ruby, on her own since age 16; mysterious actress Joanne, who won't speak to anyone in the hou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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