'A must-read how-to guide for surviving on the periphery' —Greg Grandin, author of Fordlandia and The End of the Myth

'A searing critique of U.S. imperialism' —Dahr Jamail, author of The End of Ice

In just a few short years, Belén Fernández has established herself as a one of the most trenchant observers of America’s interventions around the world, following in the footsteps of great foreign correspondents such as Martha Gellhorn and Susan Sontag. This is her memoir of what it means to live as a self-imposed American exile reporting from places as varied as Lebanon, Italy, Uzbekistan, Syria, Mexico, Turkey, Honduras, and Iran.