Open House book cover

Open House

Elizabeth Berg · 2000

Elizabeth Berg's novel follows a newly divorced woman who takes in boarders and slowly rebuilds a life of her own.

Elizabeth Berg’s novel follows Samantha, a woman knocked flat when her husband leaves, who decides to keep her house by renting out rooms to a parade of strangers. As an odd assortment of boarders moves through her life, and as she tries dating and a new job, Samantha slowly rediscovers her own footing. Told with humor and warmth, it is a gentle story of starting over.

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