The Woman Upstairs

from missizicks

Wow. That was quite something. I bought this book laughingly after I read a review in the Guardian. I am an angry woman. I thought it would be interesting to read a story about an angry woman. I didn't expect to meet myself. Or at least an understanding of the rage I feel and have felt for as lon...

from PattyLouise

The Woman Upstairs By Claire Messud My "in a nutshell" summary... Nora is a primary grade teacher whom everyone loves. She "gets" kids. She is an artist, too. She is at a frustrating point in her life and then she meets the Shahid family. My thoughts after reading this book... OMG...I loved the i...

from TurnThePaige

I feel as though I may be in the minority when I say that I really, really enjoyed this book. Actually quite a bit more than the one I read previous, The Goldfinch. It's not as though that one wasn't extremely enjoyable at some points. It's just that this one was....well, interesting the entire w...

from Debra_Armbruster

I was on the fence with this one (3 or 4 stars) until the end. I picked up _The Woman Upstairs_ after hearing about it in a critical article about _The Goldfinch_. TWU was recommended as a great book from this past year that most readers had not heard of. I figured I would give it a try. _The Wom...

from bowedbookshelf

Oh yes, this is great storytelling. This wonderfully atmospheric novel-in-miniature is more like a giant short story with a surprise ending. There are a limited number of characters-one, really-whom we get to see in great detail. And there is a creepy sense of foreboding we get right from the sta...