The Door by Magda Szabo

Never in a million years would I have read this book if it hadn't been chosen by one of my book groups. Szabo is an award winning Hungarian author but I had never read anything by her.  This book she describes as "thinly veiled personal history".  Struggling author Magda hires a housekeeper named Emerence.  It is the relationship between Magda and Emerence that forms the core of the story.  It turns out to be a connection of hard earned trust and ultimate betrayal.  A short intense book that generated a deeply personal book group discussion.