The woman upstairs
Subtitle: a novel
By: Claire Messud
Publisher: Virago; Virago Press (UK)
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781844087327; 9781844087310; 9780748126873
Subjects: Women artists; Teacher-student relationships; Elementary school teachers; Fiction
Description: 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.