What makes a house a home?
For Eve Gallagher, home is miles away in England since she and her husband relocated to an apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side. And life isn’t remotely coming up roses.
What makes a neighbour a friend?
Violet has lived in the building for decades but she’s always kept herself apart, until Eve’s loneliness touches her heart and friendship blossoms.
What makes a wife a lover?
Jason Kramer in Apartment 6A is no longer sure he loves his wife, but he’s head-over-heels for Rachael Schulman in 6B.
What makes the girl next door the woman of your dreams?
Meeting Emily Mikanowski from 3A turns Trip Grayling’s world upside down. It’s love at first sight, but he needs help from Charlotte, the shy romance addict in 2A, if he’s going to win the girl.
Dreams come true, hearts are broken and no one is left unchanged when the secrets and desires hidden behind closed doors are finally brought into the light.
This was the first book I’ve read by Elizabeth Noble and it left me very impressed by her writing. She has the ability to keep the reader hooked throughout. Left wanting more. Through the little snippets of the different lives you learn everything that is going on in this apartment building. The main focus of the novel is on Ed and Eve - the two newest residents in the building. Noble allows you to observe several lives breaking down and fixing themselves but towards the end the book takes a turn and you know the characters affected will not be able to recover from what happens. A very moving and touching book - actually made me cry which rarely happens!
I would definitely recommend this book although at first it was difficult to get used to as soon as you get into it you won’t be able to put it down. Looks like I’ll be off on Amazon to purchase some more Elizabeth Noble novels.
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