The World is My Home (1992) is a memoir written by James A Michener who was raised in foster care.

He tells the story of his remarkable life – of his love for travel and literature, of the hardwork but rewards of writing, and of his political interests.

James Michener was 85 when he wrote his memoir and part of his motivation for doing so was because:

“"I want the reader to see in careful detail the kind of ordinary human being who becomes a writer and then to see the complex and contradictory motivation that enables him to remain one."