The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud

Claire Messud's Novel The Woman Upstairs

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 11, 2013

Claire Messud talks about her new novel, The Woman Upstairs. Nora Eldridge, an elementary school teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, long ago compromised her dream to be a successful artist, mother and lover and has instead become the “woman upstairs,” a reliable friend and neighbor always on the fringe of others’ achievements. But she finds herself drawn deep into the complex world of a family.

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