About the book: 2009 / Her birthday brought her many “gifts”: a break with her beloved, dismissal from work, a live puppy, a trip to a resort, a meeting with a famous producer, as well as a million accidentally won in a casino... It was a busy birthday! But the whole question is how whimsically birthday girl Ellie McDowell decided to use these gifts. And what a “fairytale castle” she was able to build from this rich material…