The Opposite of Comfortable: The Unlikely Choices of an Immigrant Career Woman

Sharon Nir a young mother and successful businesswoman is faced with the most difficult decision of her life; should she abandon her career and her place of birth Tel Aviv to follow her husband who has been offered a once in a lifetime opportunity--a surgical fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City?In this heart-breaking and riveting memoir Sharon shares her difficult but extraordinary journey of discovery: from her move to New York City where she experiences loneliness and the shock of not having a career and the traumatic events of 9/11 to her return to Israel the difficult relocation to Jerusalem and the discovery of a challenge her son has to face through the baffling and grueling process of legal immigration in the United States a journey that will force Sharon to question every certitude. What does it mean to lead a full life for a woman in the 21st century? The Opposite of Comfortable seeks to answer this difficult question while celebrating the strength and resilience of the female spirit.