"In the mid-seventies four adults from beyond their national borders find themselves marooned in Jeffersonian academic Charlottesville, Virginia. The journalist Irene and her professor husband Jean-Luc are both French. Chantal, a graduate student, is from Montreal. Mouse is an Oneida Quebecoise." "Set in their house in the country, Resident Aliens culminates in a festive weekend of comical blunders, shifting allegiances, and maturing love."--BOOK JACKET.