The Family Upstairs

The Family Upstairs is told from three perspectives: a young woman who receives a surprising inheritance on her 25th birthday, a mother of two in France, and a boy from the past. How these three stories connect is clear early on, but the story they unfold is intriguing. At first, I found the plot very odd, but the more I read, the more absorbed I became until I could not put the book down. Although some of the twists were not too surprising, the book ends on a disturbing note—a satisfying way to end the tale of the family downstairs and the family upstairs.