A Wife in Bangkok

A Wife in Bangkok
Iris Mitlin Lav
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 280pg
24 Sep 2020 US
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9781631527074
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When Crystal' s husband, Brian, suddenly announces that his company is sending him to manage its Bangkok office and that he expects her and their children to come along, she reluctantly acquiesces. She doesn' t want to leave the job she loves and everything familiar in their small Oklahoma town; it' s 1975, however, and Crystal, a woman with traditional values, feels she has to be a good wife and follow her husband. Crystal finds beauty in Thailand, but also isolation and betrayal. Fighting intense loneliness and buffeted by a series frightening and shocking events, she struggles to adapt to a very different culture and battle a severe depression-and, ultimately, decide whether her broken relationship with her husband is worth saving.
2020 International Book Awards Finalist in Fiction: Multicultural"A thoughtful portrayal of a major depressive episode in a wife and mother leaving everything behind in the 1970s to follow her husband to a foreign country for his career, also known as ' trailing spouse syndrome. ' Culture clash and resentment ensue, leading to her treatment in a Houston psychiatric facility, which is illustrated in a sensitive way without stigma. " --Karen B. Rosenbaum, MD, psychiatrist and faculty at NYU and Weill Cornell Medical College "Only someone with a deep understanding of Thailand could have written this book. The adept handling of the main character' s conflict and the redeeming nature of love are matched only by the rich descriptions of the land, the people, and the culture. Indeed, Thailand is the other main character in this fascinating novel of a US family in that ' faraway country' of 1975. " --Jean P. Moore, award-winning author of Water on the Moon and Tilda' s Promise"This novel examines in great detail what it might be like to be uprooted from one' s comforts and culture and plunged into the unknown. The novel is an intricate and wholly well-informed presentation of the complexities of Thai life and culture; a well-plotted adventure of corporate intrigue; a close examination of the structure of an uncommunicative and weak marriage; and an exploration of the effects on Crystal' s psyche of obsession, self-doubt, loneliness, and situational depression. Finally, the novel suggests the possibility of healing and redemption. " --Bruce J. Berger, author of The Flight of the Veil
Iris Mitlin Lav grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. She moved to Washington, DC, with her husband in 1969, where they raised three children. She is retired from a long, award-winning career of policy analysis and management with an emphasis on improving policies for low- and moderate-income families. She has traveled extensively in the US and abroad, and she lived in Thailand for two years in the 1970s. She and her husband now live in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with Mango, their goldendoodle, and with grandchildren nearby.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781631527074
Published: 24 Sep 2020
Published In: United States
Imprint: She Writes Press
Publisher: She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 280

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