Irina Reyn sa zameriava na zložité rodinné vzťahy a kultúrne stretávanie. Jej diela skúmajú identitu a príslušnosť s hlbokým psychologickým vhľadom. Reynovej štýl sa vyznačuje prenikavými dialógmi a obratným prepletáním osobných príbehov so širšími spoločenskými témami. Jej písanie ponúka čitateľom pútavé a podnetné zamyslenie sa nad láskou, stratou a hľadaním domova.
Nadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as a ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor.
A Novel
Married unhappily to a prominent member of her tight-knit Russian immigrant community, vivacious Anna K. engages in a reckless affair with an outsider on whom she has pinned fleeting hopes for freedom, while in a neighboring community, Bukharian-Jewish pharmacist Lev harbors a consuming love for Anna's cousin. 75,000 first printing.