Anna L.M.N.O.

Sarah Glasscock. Washington Square Press, $7.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-68868-4

Anna, an oft-married hairdresser residing in Texas, plans ownership of a beauty shop while being wooed by a widower and his daughter. ``With authentic, if garrulous, dialogue, the unconventional love story in this first novel features a captivating original in Anna,'' noted PW . (Dec.)

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