At 44 Scotland Street, six-year-old Bertie seeks escape in the Cub Scouts; Matthew rises to the challenge of married life; Domenica epitomizes the loneliness of the long-distance intellectual; and Cyril, the gold-toothed star of the whole show, succumbs to the kind of romantic temptation that no dog can resist and creates a small problem, or rather six of them, for his friend and owner Angus Lordie.

"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...

"The Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have called apartment 2B home across the decades are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her young daughter alone; a man waiting on a green card marriage to run its course so that he can divorce his wife and marry...

Carla Roberts lives alone in the top of a highrise building, frightened by the sound of the lift stopping and opening on her floor, with nobody getting out. Days later, she's found brutally murdered. Meanwhile Samson Segal, an unemployed thirty-something, has taken to spying on his neighbors, particularly the beautiful and successful Gillian Ward. When Gillian's daughter comes home to an empty, locked house, Samson takes her in but finds himself venting...

When Godai misses an important job interview with Ibuki Yagami's father, Ibuki runs to the Maison Ikkoku and refuses to leave until her father helps Godai get a job. Then, Coach Mitaka's life gets a lot more complicated because of a few lost dogs.

Since the beginning, Coach Mitaka's chances with Kyoko have been hampered by his fear of dogs. To rid himself of his phobia, he isolates himself, promising to return as a new man. But will he return in time to win Kyoko's heart or will he have to be content with Asuna and her pack of dogs?

Godai has to scramble for a job after being laid off from teaching. He embarks on a career in public relations at a strip club. When one of the hostesses takes off without her children, he finds himself playing daddy to a little girl and a little boy.

"Yusaku Godai has started his first job out of college as a part-time helper at Sweet Acorn Nursery School. Unfortunately he's not making enough money to pay rent, so he starts tutoring again. When Ibuki Yagami hears this, she decides it's the perfect opportunity to get Godai to spend some time with her..."--Cover flap.

Una serie delirantemente divertida. Únete a las aventuras de la comunidad de vecinos más loca y chismosa que puedas imaginar. Porque todo es mejor cuando estamos... Juntos y revueltos. ¿Quién es Julian Bale, el hombre que vive en el ático del 13 de la calle Cortázar, y por qué nunca se deja ver? Esa es la pregunta que atormenta a los chismosos de su comunidad de vecinos. Incluida a Matty, que, aunque no vive en el edificio, conoce la expectación...