The Good Mother Next Door

She arrived with a casserole. She left with everything.

When Wren Calloway moves to Linden Court-a picture-perfect cul-de-sac in Ridgewood, New Jersey-she's desperate for a fresh start. A former CPS social worker haunted by a case gone wrong, Wren wants nothing more than to be a good mother to her eight-month-old son, Arlo. And the neighborhood seems like a dream.

Especially Dot.

Dorothea Fessenden, 72, is the heart of Linden Court. She bakes. She remembers every birthday. She organizes everyt...