Ballad of West Tenth Street

<p>Once upon a time in Manhattan . . .</p><p>. . . there stood a pair of fine old brick townhouses on West Tenth Street. One had a blue door with a tarnished brass knocker in the shape of a dolphin. The other was empty. Behind the blue door lived Sadie the widow of a famous British rocker who died of an overdose and two of her children Hamish and Deen.</p><p>The children manage to muddle along as best they can with a loving but distracted mother. But their whole world changes when the house next door gets a new owner--a mysterious Southerner who quickly endears himself to his new neighbors taking them--and their friends--under his protective wing. In doing so he transforms everything.</p><p>Magical lively lovely and unique <em>The Ballad of West Tenth Street</em> is a contemporary urban fairy tale that delightfully reimagines real life.</p>