Barbara Kuessner Hughes

Maren visits her friend Anja's large rural family, confronting jealousy, loss, and the limits of friendship as past love and honesty come to light.

Sally first met Roger Wilde in February 1968, a few weeks after she and her husband, Dr. Edmund Pereira, had arrived in Borneo to begin their life as a married couple.

Consuelo lives alone in the family apartment and takes a lengthy wander along the promenade, observing sun-starved Northern Europeans, children dressed in their weekend best, couples at every stage...