Woman Next Door

“A war of wits and witticisms” this novel of an unlikely friendship in Cape Town “will leave you in love with these two stubborn old women. Delightful” (Helen Simonson, New York Times–bestselling author of The Summer Before the War)

Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors. One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, an...