
About this book
The friendship of two women who meet in the laundry room of an apartment building in Chicago. One is Irena, a Polish mathematician who emigrated to the U.S. and is caring for an old jazz musician, the other is Elizabeth from New England who is caring for a sick gangster.
Subjects
FictionGangstersGrandfathersPolish AmericansPolish americans, fictionNew York Times reviewedWomen