01247cam a2200253 4500 90364552 TxAuBib 20110511120000.0 110511s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010027303 9780385343145 0385343140 DLC DLC BTCTA TxAuBib Steel, Danielle. 44 Charles Street : a novel / Danielle Steel. Forty-four Charles Street. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, 2011. 319 p. ; 25 cm. After her boyfriend and business partner leaves her, Manhattan art dealer Francesca Thayer is forced to take in boarders in order to save her beloved home. In short order, she rents out rooms to Eileen, a young teacher; Marya, a famous chef; and Chris, an attractive single father. They all become close friends, but their lives remain chaotic. Eileen falls in love with tattooed men, Marya has a persistent, married suitor, and Chris gains full custody of his son as his ex-wife becomes increasingly erratic. 20110511. Boardinghouses Fiction. West Village (New York, N.Y) Fiction.