Twelve Rooms with a View by Teresa Rebeck with Giveaway

Tina Finn is has been living in an old trailer and cleaning houses to make ends meet.  When her mother dies, she borrows the money to go to the funeral, and there, she sees her two sisters that she hasn't seen in ages.

They inform her that their mother had died intestate, no will, so they would be inheriting  a fabulous eleven million dollar apartment.  They figure possession is nine-tenths of the law, so her sisters, move Tina in right away!

Tina is entranced with the apartment, trying to understand her mother's life.  After her mom married Bill, she never saw her kids.  Bill thought the girls only wanted his money so he didn't want them around.  The apartment was originally in Bill's first wife's family and he inherited when she died.  Bill wanted the apartment to go to his second wife so she would always have a place, not to her white trash daughters.

But, Bill has two sons, who are contesting the will.  They find Tina camped out in the apartment and try to have her arrested.  The building tenants want Tina out.  They'll put a cloud on the title if they have to; the apartment can only be sold if the board of the building says so.  Tina is torn asunder, and to make matters worse, she has no money, no job and no friends.  Her sisters treat her like an idiot and Tina just wants to do what is right.

Twelve Rooms with a View is fantastic! I read it in one sitting, I couldn't put it down.  Ms. Rebeck writes in such a way that I was captivated with the apartment and with all the eccentric characters.  I loved it!

I received this ARC through Read it Forward, so I'm going to send it forward to a lucky Minding Spot reader.  You Must be a google follower to enter.  USA ONLY and winner announced on July 6th.