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This book is very good and I'm glad I read it. I had to put it down a lot because of the amount of sexual assault though and I wish I'd known to read it when I was feeling a little less brittle so I'm letting you know that. If that's a trigger for you then maybe wait and read it when you feel strong Leggi tutto

I finished this book in tears because wow ... this book took my breath away. This story gripped my heart from the beginning. The way the author entwined Andean myths and legends of Colombia into the story made the story itself that much more special. I had to do a little research into these myths be Leggi tutto

“Leaving is a kind of death. You may find yourself with much lesss than you had before.” I've been struggling to get into a few different books lately, starting them and then quickly stopping when they didn't grab me. To avoid a book slump, I sought out a little book with short chapters. Infinite Leggi tutto

‘ We’re all migrants here on earth. ’ Immigrants have always been the targets of aggression and political discourse. This has been all the more heightened in the past few years as the recent government administration doubled down on the deportations and family separations of previous presidents and wea Leggi tutto

For a book with “infinite” in the title, Infinite Country sure is a small book. Literally, the hardback is about the size of a trade paperback. It’s hard to tell when browsing online, but in person oh it’s so little! It’s not dense either. At 191 pages, this is a tale that moves at a very fast clip. Leggi tutto

This was a fairly short read, but impactful nonetheless. 🤔 This tells the story of a Colombian couple seeking refuge in America. Two of their three children are born U.S. citizens. The family struggles with the daily fear of being found and deported, or worse, separated. 😢 The treatment they endure Leggi tutto

This is a book for the right audience which apparently I’m not. While the story is impactful and important I didn’t enjoy the 3rd person narrative and felt no connection to the characters whatsoever. The few switches to 1st person narrative sounded detached and out of place since the characters were Leggi tutto

I adore stories that take place in Latin America. The cultures, the landscape, the familial relationships and the myths. It’s the traditional and controversial tale - a young family leaves their poor country to make their way to the land of the riches: the U.S. where they hope to find that elusive A Leggi tutto

This was my book club choice for January and I'm really glad that I read it, even though it wasn't my regular genre of choice. This is a very short book, and that works in some ways and is a shortcoming in others. It's the story of a couple, Elena and Mauro who, along with their baby daughter go from Leggi tutto