R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 7/15/2017 + 1442 more book reviews

This read is about two women both of whom are self-absorbed. One is the woman upstairs, an elementary teacher, and the other is the wife of visiting professor at Harvard. The first wanted to be an artist but was afraid to take the plunge fearing failure. But she had parents to care for, a mother who dies slowly and a father who needs his daughter's emotional support. She is unmarried. Thus she stays with what is safe, teaching children. The second is free to do as she wishes because she has someone to support her in the event of failure. Such freedom allows her to follow her dreams and use those around her to further her art. She is the woman dominates the teacher who resents it while loving the woman and her family. Cruel, selfish and intent only on achieving fame at all costs, the second woman, Serina, secretly uses her teacher friend and yet, when the teacher discovers Serina's treachery, she is freed to be her own person and live, really live as she wishes without Serina's friendship or any association with the family.

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