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The Apartment
The Apartment: A Novel | Ana Menendez
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Bristling with compassion, desire, and a longing to connect, The Apartment is a portrait of the complex and at times troubled inhabitants of a single unit in a South Miami Beach buildingan excavation of the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt our lives and a celebration of the communities that shine brightest in our darkest moment. An art-deco sentinel, The Helena apartment building has silently witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observingwithout interferingthe countless lives housed within its walls. But a single unit has seen more life (and sometimes death) than others. Those who have called Apartment 2B home include: a Cuban concert pianist who now only plays in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising their young daughter alone; a man waiting on a green card marriage to run its course so that he can divorce his wife and marry his lover, all of whom live together in 2B; a Tajik building manager with a secret identity; a Vietnam vet receiving packages from his ex-wife. Each tenant imbues 2B with energy that can either heal or overwhelm the latest resident, Lana. A mysterious woman struggling with her own demons, Lana mourns her beloved while unaware of the apartments sometimes tragic history. Distraught and alone, she is watched over by a ghost, and together these two strangers brought into community by The Helena will find a measure of comfort and purpose, gaining a new insight into what we all owe one another.
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Amie
The Apartment: A Novel | Ana Menendez
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Each chapter is the story of a different person living in this one apartment in Miami at different times from the 1940s when it was built to the 2000s.

Compelling characters. Some weird ghost or paranormal stuff that I didn't really get. I think I would have liked it better if there were more stories from the early decades of the apartment instead of more recent ones.

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The Apartment: A Novel | Ana Menendez
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I‘m sitting around while my daughter packs things to go from student housing to her new grown up apartment so I thought starting this was appropriate. (I‘m more of a hindrance than a help because I don‘t know what‘s hers versus her roommate‘s.)

Ruthiella You are there for moral support. 👍 2y
BookNAround @Ruthie And to haul boxes out to the car. 😂 2y
Gissy @BookNAround that was funny, a lot of support but also a lot of boxes😂 2y
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