Books like Infinite home by Kathleen Alcott
Edith Alcott, a widowed landlady in a Brooklyn brownstone, opens her doors to an unlikely array of tenants—each facing physical, emotional, or mental challenges—seeking refuge and companionship. As the tenants navigate their daily lives, they confront the slow deterioration of Edith’s own mind and the looming threat posed by her estranged, unscrupulous son, Owen. Together, they are forced to confront the most profound challenge of all: safeguarding their fragile community against internal and external forces.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Kathleen Alcott
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