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The New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger delivers a spellbinding and moving novel about what we hang on to what we might need to let go and how unexpected events can lead us to deeper truths

Six people six secrets six different backgrounds They would never have met if not for their connection to the Metropolis Storage Warehouse in Cambridge Massachusetts When someone falls down an elevator shaft at the facility each becomes caught up in an intensifying chain of events

We meet Serge an unstable but brilliant street photographer who lives in his storage unit which overflows with thousands of undeveloped pictures Marta an undocumented immigrant finishing her dissertation and hiding from ICE Liddy an abused wife and mother who recreates her childrens bedroom in her unit Jason a former corporate lawyer now practicing in the facility Rose the office manager who takes illegal kickbacks to let renters live in the building and Zach the buildings owner and an exdrug dealer who scans Serges photos as he searches for clues to the accident

But was it an accident A murder attempt Suicide As her characters dip in and out of one anothers lives trying to find answers and battling societal forces beyond their control B A Shapiro both questions the myth of the American dream and builds tension to an exhilarating climax Taut and emotional Metropolis is impossible to put down and impossible to forget