A review by mariaeespinal
Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran

5.0

“Here’s what she would discover: this story, this fight for a boy - it wasn’t about the boy. It was about his mothers.” This is the story of two women who who are bound by the love of a little boy. Solimar “Soli” Castro Valdéz is an undocumented Mexican who went through hell and high water to arrive in the U.S. We witness how Soli, with only 18-years-old, gets accustomed to her new life in Berkley, California with a little boy on the way. On the other hand, we have Kavya, an Indian woman married to Rishi, who is struggling to have children of her own. When Soli gets placed in immigrant detention, her son, Ignacio, gets placed under Kavya and Rishi’s care.

This is a powerful and emotional story about immigration, motherhood, and love. It is a deeply beautiful book that broke my heart in pieces. Ignacio (aka “Nacho”, aka “Iggy”) is so adorable that you just can’t help falling in love with him. Although this story is mostly about the mothers' fight for a boy, I was most intrigued by Rishi’s relationship with Iggy and his coming to terms with loving a boy that is not his own.

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