The woman upstairs : a novel
Claire Messud.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
- 253 p. ; 25 cm.
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Relegated to the status of schoolteacher and friendly neighbor after abandoning her dreams of becoming an artist, Nora advocates on behalf of a charismatic Lebanese student and is drawn into the child's family until his artist mother's careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.
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Elementary school teachers--Fiction. Women artists--Fiction. Teacher-student relationships--Fiction.