--- product_id: 9997698 title: "Trailing: A Memoir" brand: "kristin louise duncombe" price: "₹ 2611" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 19 category: "Books" url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/9997698-trailing-a-memoir store_origin: IN region: India --- # Trailing: A Memoir **Brand:** kristin louise duncombe **Price:** ₹ 2611 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Trailing: A Memoir by kristin louise duncombe - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 2611 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/9997698-trailing-a-memoir) ## Best For - kristin louise duncombe enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kristin louise duncombe brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Review "Trailing is a wonderfully realized memoir about a woman's struggle to obtain a stronger sense of self, save her marriage and her family, but more than anything, to save herself. Duncombe's language is raw, poetic and stunningly paced. This book is a must read."--Indie Reader Reviews"A mesmerizing memoir. Duncombe lets us in on her very profound journey of personal growth, in fascinating circumstances fraught with danger and frustration. I love the way that she let us see her struggles, without coming across as a victim. Instead, she bravely reveals her own flaws while sharing the beauty, drama, camaraderie, and risks inherent in her time spent in Africa as a trailing spouse." - Candace Walsh, author of Licking the Spoon and Dear John I Love Jane"Few books offer so revealing a glimpse into the life of an American wife in Africa, where staying alive mentally and intellectually can be just as important as physical survival."-John Baxter, author of We'll Always Have Paris and An Immoveable FeastVOTED ONE OF THE BEST INDIE BOOKS OF 2013!--Indie Reader Discovery Awards Read more About the Author Kristin Louise Duncombe is an American psychotherapist and writer who has lived in Europe since 2001. Having grown up overseas as the child of a US diplomat, and having lived internationally most of her adult life, she has based her career on working with international and expatriate families. She has twenty years of experience in the United States, East Africa, and Europe. Read more ## Images ![Trailing: A Memoir - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51CaesVgKGL.jpg) ![Trailing: A Memoir - Image 2](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51yDbe%2BzJXL.jpg) ![Trailing: A Memoir - Image 3](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31vx7tLvxXL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trailing … Like a Vine Trying to Find Her Own Sunshine to Thrive *by A***B on Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2018* Kristin Duncombe’s memoir, Trailing, is riveting from the start. I was propelled into her overseas world of East Africa when she and her husband are shockingly forced off the road by unscrupulous carjackers …We meet the author as she’s finishing up college. She tells of how she grew up in “exotic” countries due to her father’s military career. Duncombe meets and falls in love with an Argentinian doctor. We are told while she longs for stability, she marries into a life of constant flux and insecurity.The author and her spouse, a Medicins Sans Frontiers doctor, first travel to Nairobi then to Uganda and finally to Paris, France to live. She skillfully weaves details of local life, the MSF team and her emotions together. I had to keep turning the pages!I was drawn by her honesty and the ability to capture tiny, seemingly insignificant, details of life abroad but ones that made me feel like I was there. She’s transparent and relatable, alternately sharing her failures and successes as she tries find her rightful place as a professional and a wife, too. I could picture myself sitting across the table and chatting with her!Both the story and her storytelling ability make it a clear 5-star memoir in my book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So that's what it's called... *by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2019* I had never heard the term "trailing", although I've been a trailing wife. This book covers an entire gamut of feelings, including the loss of a support network from the distance from all family and friends upon moving, loss of your personal identity, loss of self esteem and a feeling of lessened validity in thoughts, speaking and actions. This story covers several re-locations before children, after having a child, then a second. Having lived an in-transit childhood Kristin is quite in tune to ensuring her children have a home base, a structured life, then to move again. What we call "Doctors Without Borders" (and I support this organization) is an all consuming humanitarian mission that in itself unconsciously marginalizes the "relatively not so urgent" thoughts and needs of the spouse at home in relation to the insurmountable needs in the hurting world, The need to be there while those at home need to "make do". The proactive action by Kristin to find something to do to maintain her feeling of self worth and provide value to her communities serves her needs greatly. The friends she makes help enormously in obtaining a realization of balance in her life in the world. Very Glad to have read this book, I was 35 the first time I decided where I was going to move to my own. This was so fascinating I also just finished "Five Flights Up", the next book. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thought-provoking, not just for "trailing spouses" but spouses, period. *by E***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2015* Some might find "Trailing: A Memoir" depressing, but I found it thought-provoking and very inspiring.In a nutshell, "Trailing" is the story of Kristin Louise Duncombe, who as a young wife gave up plans of her own professional life to follow her husband, a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) doctor, to East Africa - first Kenya and then Uganda. To anyone who has followed a spouse to an overseas assignment and put their own career on hold, or even gave up on it altogether, this story will ring very true. It doesn't matter where you've been posted to - although, having lived in Africa as a trailing spouse myself, it was particularly vivid for me. The issues so grippingly described in "Trailing" - of losing your identity, not knowing your purpose in life, and dealing with an evolving relationship that by necessity gets refashioned in every new place you live - will speak to anyone who has hitched their wagon to someone else's ambition. If you've made it your main purpose in life to stay home and raise a family while lending support to a spouse who is the main breadwinner and whom you therefore follow from assignment to assignment, no questions asked, you will find something of yourself in Kristin's saga.In some stretches Kristin sounds a bit whiney: She was not every open-minded towards her new home, was too readily spooked, and might have made things much easier by being less self-absorbed. At least that was my impression. But then again she was only in her twenties and newly-married. In any case, even if you feel like you might not have made the same choices in Kristin's situation, her story still speaks powerfully to anyone who's ever doubted their own choices regarding career, marriage, and child-rearing.You don't even have to move abroad to wonder where your life has led you and whether you've become what you wanted to be. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/9997698-trailing-a-memoir](https://www.desertcart.in/products/9997698-trailing-a-memoir) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-05-28*