A Way From Home: A Novel

It is 1992, and the Lowe family is living in a centuries-old castle in Prague. Alden Lowe works at the Czech Ministry of Finances and his wife, Becky, advises women entrepreneurs. With their daughter, Julie, they appear a fortunate American family; but after twenty years with Alden, Becky shocks everyone by fleeing to Libya, where she intends to reunite with a man who has loved her since before her marriage.

In its tale of Americans living abroad and the social reconfigurations that ensue, the captivating A Way From Home is reminiscent of the novels of Edith Wharton and Henry James -- with a delicious satiric tang all its own.