<DIV><p>It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a New York City apartment must be in want of a husband. And so our heroine embarks on her quest?she joins a book club. But then she is diagnosed with breast cancer and her mother moves to town. Will she get a life, or lose one? Wit prevails.</p><p><B>Paula Marantz Cohen</B>'s novels include <I>Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death and the SATs</I>, <I>Jane Austen in Boca</I>, and the recent <I>What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper</I>.</p></DIV>