cover image The Newspaper of Claremont Street

The Newspaper of Claremont Street

Elizabeth Jolley. Penguin Books, $6.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-14-008582-2

The memorable heroine of this novel is a walking ``newspaper,'' who tells the people whose houses she cleans about all the events in the neighborhood. A ``sad, sometimes wildly funny, altogether wonderful story,'' cheered PW. (Dec . )