Part memoir, part travelogue, part history, this is Kathleen’s life of constant movement—goodbyes, new cities, and survival with humor amid trauma. From Burma to the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Switzerland, and Russia, her family endures coups, riots, and unrest. A third-culture kid, rootless and resilient, she later lives in Moscow for nine years in the 1990s, witnessing history—and making a terrifying exit. Life is never boring.

A fascinating first-person account of a unique ex-pat upbringing

—Professor Tina Norton Buck, Austin, Texas