I actually find the German title more appropriate. It that can be translated as "Together is one less alone". The book is about how lifes of 4 people changes to better when they become friends and roommates.

So, what do a young anorectic artist who is temporary working as a cleaning lady, a poor aristocrat historian selling postcards, a bad tempered chef and a grandma, whose worse fear is to end up in a nursing home have in common? Well, first of all they live in the center of Paris in an historical apartment and second,  together they are definitely less alone. Their thoughts and conversations are amusing and ... so parisien! O la la!

A truely lovely book about modern ordinary people (except the living in the middle of Paris part) and their problems, emotions and a good time.

Oh, and I just discovered that there is a movie too. The trailer looks promising. If the movie is any as good as the book - it must be a must-to-see at least for me.

Did you think that guys like Ronald Reagan and Michail Gorbatschow made history? Well, you are wrong! Meet Charlie Wilson - a congressman from Texas in an unbelievable and yet based on true events Charlie Wilson's War.

In the beginning of the '80s Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) is just another average congressman who cares mostly about being reelected and about being surrounded by as many good looking secretaries as possible, until he meets a certain sharp lady from Texas (Joanne Herring played by Julia Roberts) that makes him see that a history can be made in a distant place called Afghanistan.

His decision to interfere has actually caused the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union and influenced lifes of millions of people living in the Eastern block. But history is ironic and the far going consequences for his own country and the country he was trying to help turned out to be not quite as he imagined.

All the good ingredients: good actors, an excellent script and and a sensational story based on true events!