{"product_id":"unbelonging-a-life-in-search-of-home-paperback-softback-9780299357948","title":"Unbelonging; A Life in Search of Home (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299357948","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnbelonging\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Life in Search of Home\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCatherine Jagoe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299357948\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 August 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.227 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Resonant. . . . [The] prose is rich and life-affirming; as a distanced yet never-detached observer, Jagoe's keen perceptions and pensive curiosity illuminate mundane landscapes and moments. . . . The intimate yet encompassing memoir \u003ci\u003eUnbelonging\u003c\/i\u003e expresses poignant yearning for geographical and emotional connection.\" - (Foreword Reviews)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nature, including bodies of water to swim in and birds to seek and identify, become ways to ground Jagoe and finally give her a sense of place. The author's outsider view offers some keen insights into each of these cultures as well as the universal longing for a place called home.\" - (Booklist)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jagoe's casual brilliance and singular vision will leave you permanently changed. She deftly interrogates the complexities of origins and alienation, reminding us that home is less a geographical locus than a necessary habit of mind, a willingness to pay attention to how we are all radically connected to other people, to ecosystems, and to history.\" - Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of \u003ci\u003eInterior States: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this wonderful, moving, and exquisitely written memoir in essays, Jagoe delves into the complexities of living in-between places and cultures, a state that challenges the very notion of home.” - Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of \u003ci\u003eSpace: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A rich and compelling memoir, written in stunningly beautiful and fluid prose. This elegantly orchestrated collection is also a propulsive read; entranced by Jagoe’s story, I inhaled it in one sitting.” - Alison Townsend, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Green Hour: A Natural History of Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Where are you from?” For Catherine Jagoe, a set of complicated assumptions often lies behind this seemingly banal question. While partly an immigrant narrative, Jagoe’s memoir in essays is not so much—or not only—about moving to the US and putting down roots but rather more about feeling perpetually in-between and never quite “home.” Throughout, Jagoe wrestles with what identity and fidelity mean for a woman with three nationalities, a job as a translator who frequently lives in a fourth country, a history of depression, and chronically divided allegiances. Together, these essays paint a deeply personal yet incredibly relatable portrait of what it means to be an American—and an immigrant—in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrologue \u003cbr\u003e The Home Goal: Variations on a Theme \u003cbr\u003e Language Lessons \u003cbr\u003e Watermarked \u003cbr\u003e Brief Autobiography in Odors \u003cbr\u003e Voracious \u003cbr\u003e A Ring of Bells \u003cbr\u003e On the Van Galder from Wisconsin to O’\u003cbr\u003eHare \u003cbr\u003e Homecoming Stew \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuerencia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On Infidelity \u003cbr\u003e Splitting \u003cbr\u003e Fossils \u003cbr\u003e Things That Matter \u003cbr\u003e Sessile \u003cbr\u003e June and the Clock \u003cbr\u003e The Sense of an Ending \u003cbr\u003e Finding the Springs \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530917179672,"sku":"9780299357948","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unbelonging-a-life-in-search-of-home-paperback-softback-9780299357948","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}