One quiet spring day in 1989, Constance Tepper arrives from
Philadelphia to watch over her mother's Brooklyn apartment and her
orange cat. Con's mother, Gert, has left town to visit her old
friend Marlene Silverman in Rochester. Marlene has always seemed
alluring and powerful to Con, and ever since Con was a little girl,
the long-standing bond between Gert and Marlene has piqued her
curiosity. Now she finds herself wondering again what keeps them
together.
Con's week in Brooklyn will take a surprising turn when she
wakes to find that someone has entered her mother's apartment and
her own purse is missing. Stranded, with no money, she begins to
phone family and friends. By the end of that week, she will
experience a series of troubling discoveries about her marriage,
her job, and her family's history, and much of her life will be
changed forever.
In the fall of 2003, now living in Brooklyn and working as a
lawyer, Con has almost forgotten that strange and shattering week.
But a series of unsettling reminders and surprising
discoveries--including traces of a lost elevated train line through
Brooklyn--will lead to grief, love, and more questions. At last, a
confrontation between Marlene and Con's daughter will unravel some
of the mysteries of the past.
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