Out of Sync

At forty, newly remarried and on the brink of professional success, the author’s husband whisks her off to the United States, where they arrive on the day of the World Trade Center bombing. Even as the image of the collapsing buildings foreshadows an uncertain future, they have no idea that their marriage might also buckle under the strain of their disparate experiences, or that the international economic crisis will make it all but impossible for them to return to their country. As he enjo...