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Lost Children Archive
by Valeria Luiselli
The structure of this book is a large part of what makes this book so unique and special. It’s a story about a family going on a road trip, the parents being professionals seeking out sounds for projects and the children along for the ride. The mother’s (or wife’s—we never know their names except for their relational titles and eventually family nick names) story is about migrant children: she has taken up going to immigration court to volunteer to translate in NYC and now is pursuing the story of children, alone, at the border.
This book is heartbreaking. This book is also really creative. It is not directly about children migrants, but puts together a beautiful/tragic, shifting narrative. A lot of the little descriptions, especially of the family’s kids, are so creative and sweet and I found myself smiling.
I started reading this before all of the American Dirt conversation came to my attention, but since then this book has been on the list of books to read instead of AD. Valeria Luisellj is a clearly talented and creative writer, and I’m excited to read more from her.
This book is heartbreaking. This book is also really creative. It is not directly about children migrants, but puts together a beautiful/tragic, shifting narrative. A lot of the little descriptions, especially of the family’s kids, are so creative and sweet and I found myself smiling.
I started reading this before all of the American Dirt conversation came to my attention, but since then this book has been on the list of books to read instead of AD. Valeria Luisellj is a clearly talented and creative writer, and I’m excited to read more from her.