The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud (Book Review)
Claire Messud’s new novel strikes at our deepest fears and longings: “My heart’s desires: life, art, motherhood, love and the great seductive promise that I wasn’t nothing, that I could be seen for my unvarnished self and that this hidden self, this precious girl without a mask, unseen for decades, could – that she must, indeed – leave a trace upon the world.” Sound familiar?
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