LEADER 00000pam 2200325 i 4500 003 DLC 005 20230905081744.0 008 221209s2023 cau e 000 f eng 010 2022058973 020 9781640095830|q(hardcover) 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dGCmBT|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us-fl 082 04 813/.54|223/eng/20221209 092 |fF|aMENENDEZ 100 1 Menéndez, Ana,|d1970-|eauthor. 245 14 The apartment :|ba novel /|cAna Menéndez. 250 First Counterpoint edition. 264 1 Berkeley :|bCounterpoint,|c2023. 300 227 pages ;|c22 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 520 "The Helena is an art deco apartment building that has witnessed the changing face of South Miami Beach for seventy years, observing the lives housed within. Among those who have called apartment 2B home across the decades are a Cuban concert pianist who performs in a nursing home; the widow of an intelligence officer raising her 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; a Tajik building manager with a secret identity; and a troubled young refugee named Lenin. Each tenant imbues 2B with energy that will either heal or overwhelm its latest resident, Lana, a mysterious woman struggling with her own past"--|cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Neighbors|vFiction. 650 0 Apartment houses|vFiction. 651 0 South Beach (Miami Beach, Fla.)|vFiction. 655 7 Novels.|2lcgft
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