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A searing debut book from the award-winning writer of You Know Once the Men Are Eliminated, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of companionship, and the secrets stored in marriage, all set within the US expat community of the center East through the go up of the Arab Springtime. Both Cassie Hugo and Margaret Brickshaw dutifully implemented their soldier husbands to the US embassy in Jordan, but that's about all the women have in common. After 2 yrs Cassie's become an expert on the guidelines, but newly arrived Margaret perceives only her chance to explore. So when a fender bender sends Margaret to the local police train station, Cassie reluctantly agrees to watch Margaret's toddler son. But as the hours cross, Cassie's boredom and irritation turn to fear: Why isn't Margaret responding to her phone, and why could it be taking so long to straighten out a routine mishap? Snooping around Margaret's apartment, Cassie commences to question not only her friend's whereabouts but also her own role in Margaret's disappearance. With achingly genuine prose and riveting characters, The Bafflement of Dialects plunges listeners into a shattering collision between two women and two worlds, affirming Siobhan Fallon as a robust words in American fiction and a storyteller never to be missed.
