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A review by plenilunix
Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country by Cristina Rivera Garza
5.0
I didn't think I was going to like this book as much as I did, especially because this is a topic I've been avoiding for a long time now.
Some of the essays felt a little abrupt in the way they ended and left me wanting for more, but that didn't make me less happy or grateful to read it.
As someone who was raised in the North East of Mexico, and comes from a family of migrants (within and outside borders), I found myself heard and written about in these pages. I find this book to be one of the most honest narratives of the everyday mourning and the existential grief of those who survived - and witnessed others not surviving - la guerra contra el narco of the 21st century.
This collection of essays makes me feel less alone in my grief, and it handled our pain with tenderness, respect, and resolve. I didn't think that a book this painful could also be a delight to read.
Some of the essays felt a little abrupt in the way they ended and left me wanting for more, but that didn't make me less happy or grateful to read it.
As someone who was raised in the North East of Mexico, and comes from a family of migrants (within and outside borders), I found myself heard and written about in these pages. I find this book to be one of the most honest narratives of the everyday mourning and the existential grief of those who survived - and witnessed others not surviving - la guerra contra el narco of the 21st century.
This collection of essays makes me feel less alone in my grief, and it handled our pain with tenderness, respect, and resolve. I didn't think that a book this painful could also be a delight to read.