The Woman Upstairs (Vintage Contemporaries)

ISBN: 0307743764

Author: Messud, Claire

Condition: New

Told with urgency, intimacy, and piercing emotion, this New York Times bestselling novel is the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and abandoned by a desire for a world beyond her own.Nora Eldridge is a reliable, but unremarkable, friend and neighbor, always on the fringe of other peoples achievements. But the arrival of the Shahid family-dashing Skandar, a Lebanese scholar, glamorous Sirena, an Italian artist, and their son, Reza-draws her into a complex and exciting new world. Noras happiness pushes her beyond her boundaries, until Sirenas careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.A New York Times Book Review Notable Book A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book A Huffington Post Best Book A Boston GlobeBest Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Fiction Book A Goodreads Best Book