Adrian Piper

In 2005 Adrian Piper secretly emigrated from the United States and several months passed before anyone realized she was missing. She reappeared in Berlin and settled there, consistently and steadfastly refusing to return to the United States or explain why she left. Many assume that the cause was the discovery that her name had been placed on the US Department of Transportation Safety Board's list of suspicious travelers. Others highlight Wellesley College's forced termination of his professorship. Still others speculate that George W. Bush's presidency, American racism or the invasion of Iraq caused her to leave.

All these conjectures are unfounded. She flees to Berlin. Travel Memoirs is a gripping autobiographical story that provides a complete account of the facts.