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Recovering American

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Personal essays on travel, exile, belonging, and wonder โ€“ written by a recovering American learning how to live elsewhere.

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Author of American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Bodyโ€™s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life (HarperCollins, 2023). River swimmer. Pastry Aficionado. Anxious traveler.

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