Steel, Danielle. 44 Charles Street.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)

Steel, Danielle. 44 Charles Street, 8 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2010. ISBN 9781423388173. $89.97; 8 CDs. retail ed. unabridged; 5 CDs. retail ed. abridged. 5 hrs.; 1 MP3-CD. library/retail ed.; Playaway digital; digital download. F

After her boyfriend announces he's leaving, Francesca Thayer focuses on keeping their dowager New York townhouse at 44 Charles Street on her single income. The household is enlivened when to cover monthly mortgage payments she takes in boarders--a wanton young woman, a reserved divorced father with whom Francesca will fall in love, and a famous woman chef. Typical of Steel, protagonist Francesca is …