The Immigrant's Wife is historical fiction inspired by the disappearance of the author's great grandfather. Not all men who abandon their families are scoundrels. Anna Patrinos is deserted by her husband. What she doesn’t know is he anonymously exiled to a sanatorium to protect her and their unborn baby from tuberculosis and the ruinous cost of his care. Anna’s battle with ostracism, starvation and assault to keep herself and her child alive interweaves with Charles’ fight to survive and return home to his family.

JB Harris lives in Massachusetts with her husband, three kids and two dogs. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Boston Literary Journal, The Beacon Street Review, and Puckerbrush Review. She was recently named a finalist in both the 2022 Hal Prize in Fiction and the WOW Spring 22 Flash Fiction Contest.