Broken Abroad is a collection of stories about nine different Americans in Europe. They are not searching for traces of their ancestors. They’re searching for themselves, for the meaning of home and the road forward. A woman cuts the resemblance to her mother away from her flesh. A grieving sister tries to honor her twin brother, whose ashes she carries in her pocket. Survivors of a mass shooting find refuge in a fairy tale. These are stories of the lost, damaged and grief-stricken who have run far away from home, to another country, only to find that life and death will follow them everywhere.

“These stories often describe a sad situation, even desperate, nevertheless, we smile, and we discover wonderful things.” – Amazon.fr review

“…it was the writing that grabbed me from the get-go in this too-brief collection of short stories. Massoud is precise, determined, and articulate in the way she tells these stories set in England, Ireland, Paris, Greece.” – Goodreads review

“For short story readers, this is a book that should be read.” – Amazon.com review