Unbelonging: A Life in Search of Home

By Catherine Jagoe

"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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299357945
• ISBN13: 9780299357948
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.