{"product_id":"disconnected-a-m-hartley-9798249099695","title":"Disconnected: Migration, Identity, and the Quiet Complexity of Starting Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat does migration really cost - beyond geography?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDisconnected\u003c\/i\u003e, the first book in the \u003cb\u003eBetween Worlds: A Migration Series\u003c\/b\u003e, A.M. Hartley explores the quiet, layered realities of building a life far from where you began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMigration is often framed as opportunity - a story of courage, reinvention, and upward mobility. And sometimes it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it is also distance.\u003cbr\u003eIt is interrupted lineage.\u003cbr\u003eIt is friendships that never fully rebuild.\u003cbr\u003eIt is children growing up without the village that shaped you.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the subtle fatigue of living between systems.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the ache of wondering where you will one day be laid to rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough reflective essays grounded in lived experience, \u003ci\u003eDisconnected\u003c\/i\u003e examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gradual \"slow drift\" of relationships across oceans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eReinvention and the reshaping of professional identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eParenting without extended family support\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural erosion and the thinning of memory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcculturative stress and the body's quiet adaptation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual question of belonging - even in death\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a policy book.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not a dramatic memoir.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a thoughtful, honest exploration of what it means to live between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor migrants, it offers language for experiences that often go unspoken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who have never migrated, it offers insight into the invisible layers behind adaptation, resilience, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMigration reshapes identity, belonging, and stability - often in empowering and destabilising ways at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisconnected\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to sit inside that complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. M. Hartley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249099695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"A. M. Hartley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997496946943,"sku":"9798249099695","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/disconnected-a-m-hartley-9798249099695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}