Living Abroad

A young Latin American woman accompanied her husband to an industrial community in Southern Wisconsin, where he was to work for a large multinational company for some months. The company helped them find a furnished apartment in a semi-suburban area of the city. Every day the husband left for work and his wife sat in the nearly bare apartment. She had not met other employees or their spouses, nor had she been able to meet others in the neighborhood. She spoke little English, and despite a sizeable Spanish-speaking population in the city, she had no basis for interaction with people in it. Not surprisingly, she was very unhappy and most anxious for her husband's assignment to end so that they could return home

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