THE WOMAN UPSTAIRS, by Claire Messud
Poor, poor Nora Etheridge, that woman upstairs. You know the one, pleasant, genteel, a good neighbor, always helpful, never demanding, forever single and trapped in a career – teaching art to third graders – that is far below her true talents. Does she complain? Never! She soldiers on bravely, quietly, admirably. Yet she seethes. […]