The woman upstairs

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.

subjects: Women artists,  Teacher-student relationships,  Elementary school teachers,  Fiction,  Roman,  Amerikanisches Englisch,  Teachers,  Teacher-student relationship,  Psychological fiction,  NEW LIST 20130531,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2013-06-02,  New York Times bestseller,  New York Times reviewed,  Women artists, fiction,  Fiction, psychological,  Teachers, fiction