Narrow Dog to Carcassonne: Two Foolish People, One Odd Dog, an English Canal Boat... and the Adventure of a Lifetime Terry Darlington, . . Delta, $13 (325pp) ISBN 978-0-385-34208-7 ...

Elizabeth Earle's life almost sounds like the stuff of fiction. The author and illustrator from Warwickshire, England, has lived on a 70-foot narrowboat that traverses the country's canal system ...