A "liberation" for Messud; urgent and psychologically charged. Mixed/Positive
: Nora describes herself as a "good girl"—the dependable, invisible woman who lives upstairs. However, she harbors a "fierce, furious rage" over the life she never led and her stalled career as an artist. La vecina de arriba - Claire Messud.epub
: Her life changes when she meets the Shahids—a glamorous, sophisticated family from Paris. She becomes obsessed with all three: the young Reza, his academic father Skandar, and especially the mother, Sirena, a successful installation artist. A "liberation" for Messud