Tish Cohen's Townhouse presents the story of Jack Madigan, a good-looking, son of a famous now-deceased rock star, agoraphobe. You read that right. Jack is unable to leave his house, even to fetch the daily paper. His Boston townhouse is crumbling around him, but his easy-going, vintage clothes loving son Harlan doesn't seemt to mind. Jack gets a wake-up call when the money from his father's royalties runs out and he has to sell his home. Hope is not all lost when he meets his adorable, but hapless, realtor, Dorrie. Jack manages to stall potential buyers at first . . . and find unexpected help for his condition in the form of an ice skating dynamo of a little girl, Lucinda, his neighbor that crawls through the hole between the townhouses. A hole that Jack often steals heat from! You can't help but root for Jack while reading this fresh, funny novel where even the townhouse itself is a character. I'm going to check out Cohen's Little Black Lies and Inside Out Girl next!
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