Dear Great Book Guru, Is there any time more beautiful in Sea Cliff than autumn? The light is perfectly diffused, the homes are bathed in magical colors, and the streets are abuzz with excitement- fairs, festivals, socials… Do you have a good book for me to read that captures this season? Fall Fanatic....... Dear Fall Fanatic, While I’m not sure this book captures all the joys of Fall, it is a great book and not to be missed: CLEAN by Alia Trabucco Zeran, an international prize-winning Chilean author. The story is told in the first person by Estela, a young housekeeper who was hired nine years before. Her employers - referred to only as Senor and Senora - have one child and we learn on the first page the child has died, and Estela is being questioned about the events leading up to the death. Estela goes back and forth over the nine years of her employment - the birth of the child, the marital difficulties of the parents, the child’s mysterious behavior, the indiscretions of the adults, and the many familial secrets that she has uncovered. We also learn about her mother, her early life in a remote rural village, and her overwhelming desire to return home. Throughout, we see the class differences that impact Estela’s daily existence plus the power her employers exert over her. She is a decidedly unreliable narrator, but our sympathies lie with her as we try to solve the mysterious death that is at the heart of this novel. A troubling but highly recommended read!