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In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on he... (more)

In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on her neighbor--the beautiful, famous actress. The unnamed narrator can't help noticing with wry irony that, though she and the actress live just a few doors apart, they are separated by a chasm of professional success and personal fulfillment. When an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn, what began as an innocent preoccupation spirals quickly, and lethally, into a frightening and irretrievable madness. (less)

In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on he... (more)

In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on her neighbor--the beautiful, famous actress. The unnamed narrator can't help noticing with wry irony that, though she and the actress live just a few doors apart, they are separated by a chasm of professional success and personal fulfillment. When an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn, what began as an innocent preoccupation spirals quickly, and lethally, into a frightening and irretrievable madness. (less)

In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on he... (more)

In this taut and thrilling debut, an unraveling woman, unhappily childless and recently separated, becomes fixated on her neighbor--the beautiful, famous actress. The unnamed narrator can't help noticing with wry irony that, though she and the actress live just a few doors apart, they are separated by a chasm of professional success and personal fulfillment. When an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn, what began as an innocent preoccupation spirals quickly, and lethally, into a frightening and irretrievable madness. (less)

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An unraveling woman becomes fixated on her neighbor, a beautiful, successful actress. Trapped in a rundown apartment and... (more)

An unraveling woman becomes fixated on her neighbor, a beautiful, successful actress. Trapped in a rundown apartment and dead-end job, the unnamed narrator is unhappily childless and recently separated. She can't help noticing that the actress, meanwhile, has her face on the side of every bus, a gleaming house, a husband, and three children. She becomes increasingly unhinged, and an interaction with the actress at the annual block party takes a disastrous turn into a dark and irretrievable madness. (less)