That Green Eyed GirlA gripping and evocative debut about the secrets we keep to protect those we love. 1955 In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains, mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely. Until someone guesses the truth 1975 Ava Winters is keeping her own secret. Her mother has become erratic, haunted by something Ava doesn't understanduntil, one sweltering July