Transport yourself to mid-century New York in this compelling and evocative story of secrets, jealousy and hidden love
''BOOK OF THE MONTH'' WOMAN & HOME
''DAZZLING DEBUT'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
''SUPERLATIVE'' RED
''SO VIVIDLY EVOKED'' CLARE CHAMBERS, AUTHOR OF SMALL PLEASURES
''I WAS GRIPPED FROM THE FIRST PAGE'' SARA COX
''BROKE ME, PUT ME BACK TOGETHER. JUST BUY THIS. YOU WON''T REGRET IT'' 5* READER REVIEW
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1955
In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains, mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely. Until someone guesses the truth . . .
1975
Twenty years later in the same apartment, Ava Winters is keeping her own secret. Her mother has become erratic, haunted by something Ava doesn''t understand - until one sweltering
