GAIL D’ALESSANDRO WAS READY FOR A CHANGE. SO, when the Wrentham resident fell in love with small city life during a visit with an aunt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, shortly after her younger daughter left the nest, she decided it was time. “Being a single mom with a large house in the suburbs is exhausting,” she says. “I wanted to simplify my life.”
D’Alessandro found her new home, a 1,100-square foot duplex in an old
