“Teitelbaum nearly every day since the latter had moved into the giant stone house across the street, Grace knew practically nothing about her, other than that she looked like an apple doll in an endless array of pastel cashmere cardigans. Beyond diminutive, Mrs. Teitelbaum favored crisp white blouses and pearls; a pair of tortoiseshell reading glasses always hung from a chain around her neck. Based on the way she dressed, Grace had assumed Mrs. T. was a retired spinster librarian, although a sl...ight accent, vaguely European, suggested more exotic origins, and of course her house was not what you would expect a librarian to live in. It was massive, surrounded by an acre of lush gardens, a huge black wrought iron fence, eight-foot hedges, and even a small fruit orchard. Grace figured her neighbor must have an unusual back-story, but nothing about her manner had suggested that Mrs. Teitelbaum had spent part of her childhood in a World War II concentration camp. “Are you okay, sweetheart?”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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