In an era when migration is most often associated with deprivation or crisis, this memoir subverts conventional narratives by chronicling the journey of a middle-class American mother who, possessing many social and economic advantages, chooses to leave her homeland—not for opportunity, but for refuge.

Anchored by her deep commitment to reproductive justice that demands not only the right to have or not have children, but also the right to raise them in safe and healthy environments the author finds the promise of the American Dream hollowed out by the persistent threats to her children’s safety and well-being and thus flees when given the chance.

Through personal narrative and critical reflection that weaves together the intimate and the political the author continuously interrogates the tapestry of her new experiences in the U.K. sometimes arriving at unexpected and uncomfortable conclusions. Ultimately the author asks: What does it mean to raise children in safety and freedom, and at what cost? Whether her new home in Britain is immune to the forces that prompted her departure? And, most crucially, how do our convictions about justice and safety shape the geography of our lives?