When Dr. Leo Liebenstein’s wife disappears, she leaves behind a single, confounding clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves exactly like her—or almost exactly like her —and even audaciously claims to be her. While everyone else is fooled by this imposter, Leo knows better than to trust his senses in matters of the heart. Certain that the original Rema is alive and in hiding, Leo embarks on a quixotic journey to reclaim his lost love.
Atmospheric Disturbances is at once a moving love story, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind. With tremendous compassion and sophistication, Galchen explores the mysterious nature of human relationships and how we spend our lives trying to weather storms of our own making.