Two happenings with happy endings this month chase away the blues on gray, rainy February days. Author Marie Bostwick, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, is preparing a program March 16 for viewers here about a woman restoring her unhappy life. In Oxford, a historic house is being restored by its owner, Hunter Gentry. Both the character in the uplifting novel and the 1860s home are undergoing positive changes and headed for a brighter future.
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