The adventure starts when Sarah's husband, Jason, is offered a position at a university in Singapore. Sarah, a successful lawyer in the US, quits her job and the couple say their farewells, put their home up on Craigslist, and, with their two children, fly off to a completely new life.

Travails of a Trailing Spouse will strike a chord with anyone, expat or not, who has ever found life more complicated, puzzling, thrilling, frustrating and, ultimately, deliciously richer than could ever have been imagined.