Infinite Country

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Infinite CountryISBN13:9781982159474ISBN10:1982159472Author:Engel, Patricia (Author)Description:A Reese's Book Club Pick And Instant New York Times Bestseller A Profound, Beautiful Novel -- People * Poignant --Buzzfeed * A Breathtaking Story Of The Unimaginable Prices Paid For A Better Life --Esquire This Heartbreaking Portrait Of A Family Dealing With The Realities Of Migration And Separation (Time) Is A Sweeping Love Story And Tragic Drama [And] An Authentic Vision Of What The American Dream Looks Like In A Nationalistic Country (Elle) I Often Wonder If We Are Living The Wrong Life In The Wrong Country Talia Is Being Held At A Correctional Facility For Adolescent Girls In The Forested Mountains Of Colombia After Committing An Impulsive Act Of Violence That May Or May Not Have Been Warranted She Urgently Needs To Get Out And Get Back Home To Bogot?, Where Her Father And A Plane Ticket To The United States Are Waiting For Her If She Misses Her Flight, She Might Also Miss Her Chance To Finally Be Reunited With Her Family How This Family Came To Occupy Two Different Countries, Two Different Worlds, Comes Into Focus Like Twists Of A Kaleidoscope We See Talia's Parents, Mauro And Elena, Fall In Love In A Market Stall As Teenagers Against A Backdrop Of Civil War And Social Unrest We See Them Leave Bogot? With Their Firstborn, Karina, In Pursuit Of Safety And Opportunity In The United States On A Temporary Visa, And We See The Births Of Two More Children, Nando And Talia, On American Soil We Witness The Decisions And Indecisions That Lead To Mauro's Deportation And The Family's Splintering--The Costs They've All Been Living With Ever Since Award-Winning, Internationally Acclaimed Author Patricia Engel, Herself A Dual Citizen And The Daughter Of Colombian Immigrants, Gives Voice To All Five Family Members As They Navigate The Particulars Of Their Respective Circumstances Rich With Bogot? Urban Life, Steeped In Andean Myth, And Tense With The Daily Reality Of The Undocumented In America, Infinite Country Is As Much An All-American Story As It Is A Global One (Booklist, Starred Review) Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterPublication Date:2021-10-05Weight:0 lbsDimensions:Number of Pages:208Language:English

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