<P>A family without men the Birches live gloriously offbeat lives in the lush green backwoods of North Carolina. </P><P>Radiant headstrong Sophia and her shy brilliant daughter Margaret possess powerful charms to ward off loneliness despair and the human misery that often beats a path to their door. And they are protected by the eccentric wisdom and muscular love of the remarkable matriarch Charlie Kate a solid uncompromising self-taught healer who treats everything from boils to broken bones to broken hearts.</P><P>Sophia Margaret and Charlie Kate find strength in a time when women almost always depended on men and their bond deepens as each one experiences love and loss during World War II.</P><P><I>Charms for the Easy Life</I> is a passionate luminous and exhilarating story about embracing what life has to offer...even if it means finding it in unconventional ways.</P><P>A Simon & Schuster audio production.</P>