![]() ![]() Leah gave it, but then felt she'd been scammed. Earlier in the novel a woman calling herself Shar had knocked on Leah's door asking for money. In this excerpt, Leah and Michel are preparing to attend a dinner party at Natalie's. She works in a social services office her French-African husband, Michel, is a hairdresser. Although Leah lives nearby, she has not enjoyed the same success. She and her husband have a large house in "the posh bit" of northwest. Keisha, who renamed herself Natalie, became a lawyer and married into a wealthy family. But life has taken them in different directions. The two girls grew up together in a local housing project and were best friends in school. It's the birthplace of the novel's two main characters, Leah Hanwell and Keisha Blake. NW is short for northwest London - an area of particular racial and class diversity. The title of Zadie Smith's newest novel might be enigmatic for Americans. ![]() ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title NW Author Zadie Smith ![]()
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