TALES FROM THE GRINGA

There is nothing extraordinarily special about author Ruth Tolerton and her husband, aside from their individual talents as human beings. Theyd traveled to parts of the world and felt comfortable on foreign soil for a week or even a month at a time. They diligently and competently performed middle-class jobs and lead middle-class lives with middle-class frustrations and successes. But in 2001, the couple finds themselves quickly approaching a crossroads, and with it, the age-old question