Marco insists they go next door to get away, to have a little time with other adults and have a few drinks. So when a night away presents itself, Anne is intrigued. But the reality is that Cora does nothing but cry, and Anne feels like a veritable failure as a result. She’d dreamed of days curled up in bed with her baby laying peacefully beside her, of afternoons spent pushing silky curls back from her daughter’s face as she gurgled happily. Cora isn’t an easy baby, in fact she’s the opposite of the sweet and cuddly angelic little figure Anne had in her mind during her pregnancy. After years working with affluent collectors and purveyors of fine art, Anne is now bombarded with the constant needs of her new child the years of having endless hours to spend perfecting her hair and makeup or carefully honing her body with a personal trainer are over, the time now spent cleaning spit-up off of her dirty and oversized t-shirt or thrusting a nipple attached to an engorged breast into her screaming infant’s mouth. It certainly doesn’t help that next door lives a neighbor who is not only dripping with seductive curves and a general air of sex, but that the woman makes constant eyes at Anne’s husband. She’s struggled with her weight and feeling desirable to her husband.

She’s struggled with postpartum depression.

Since giving birth to their baby girl, Anne has struggled with her identity. There are cracks in the porcelain there are irreparable runs in the fabric that has been meticulously woven together to complete the Conti household. On the inside of the Conti home, a different story is playing out altogether. No one would ever suspect the trouble that lay behind the doors of their expensive brownstone. They’ve always appeared so perfect to outsiders : a seemingly flawless couple beautiful and wealthy, successful in business and in family. Is it true that you never quite know what’s going on behind closed doors?įor Anne and Marco Conti, the fact that they do their best to put their best foot forward is not as obvious as one would think.

The couple next door book review