Not every wound comes from war. Some come from questions like: Where are you from?

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After fleeing Ukraine with her husband and daughter, U.S. Army veteran Gemma Naturkach returns to an America she barely recognizes.

Surviving Patriotism is a raw, searching memoir that spans continents and crises—probing ideas of home, loyalty, race, and what it means to survive.

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From childhood trauma to military betrayal, from evacuation to repatriation, this is the story of a woman learning that sometimes the most patriotic act is asking what patriotism really means.