The Woman Upstairs (Vintage Contemporaries) (PDF) (Print)

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 peopleÕs achievements. But the arrival of the Shahid familyÑdashing Skandar, a Lebanese scholar, glamorous Sirena, an Italian artist, and their son, RezaÑdraws her into a complex and exciting new world. NoraÕs happiness pushes her beyond her boundaries, until SirenaÕs careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal.


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