Momentum

"A luminous, courageous memoir of belonging, resilience, and deeply transformative self-discovery." —The International Review of Books

Belonging is not something Emily Brown inherited. It is something she had to fight to understand.

In Momentum, Emily traces her life through her parents’ divorce, long-buried family secrets, and the emotional wounds that quietly followed her into adulthood. Beginning in Beverly Hills and stretching across continents to Canada, where she ultimately builds a life of her own.

What unfolds is not a linear autobiography. It is a reckoning. An eight-year immersion in a San Francisco feminist activist organization. A formative year in Hungary on the brink of the Soviet collapse. Motherhood. Migration. Reinvention.

Perfect for readers who loved Wild by Cheryl Strayed, Educated by Tara Westover, and Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

Ideal for book clubs, Momentum explores the universal questions of identity, belonging, and what it truly means to build a life that is entirely your own.