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A review by nancidrum
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Julie Schwietert Collazo, Rosayra Pablo Cruz
4.0
After reading American Dirt, not once, but twice because it so captured me, I really wanted to continue my knowledge of the current immigration process with a true-life book. The Book of Rosy came up on Goodreads with solid recommendations.
Like many I watched as the inhumane treatment of immigrants and particularly mothers and their children marched across our TV screens during the Trump administration. Rosayra Pablo Cruz was one of those mothers.
This is the accounting of Rosy's desperate journey to escape terror in her home country of Guatemala with her two sons in tow. The majority of the book is centered around Rosy and her sons. In Part II we are introduced to Julie Schwietert Collazo, the cofounder and director of Immigrant Families Together. Without Julie and her amazing volunteers, Rosy and other immigrants would have a very different ending. Rosy's story is the emotional telling of the story we all need to hear, no matter how gruesome and difficult to read, whereas Julie's part of the book is the more factual and informational part. Together they make for a personal, educational account. Both were equally moving for me and both instilled hope for a better future for immigrants.
Like many I watched as the inhumane treatment of immigrants and particularly mothers and their children marched across our TV screens during the Trump administration. Rosayra Pablo Cruz was one of those mothers.
This is the accounting of Rosy's desperate journey to escape terror in her home country of Guatemala with her two sons in tow. The majority of the book is centered around Rosy and her sons. In Part II we are introduced to Julie Schwietert Collazo, the cofounder and director of Immigrant Families Together. Without Julie and her amazing volunteers, Rosy and other immigrants would have a very different ending. Rosy's story is the emotional telling of the story we all need to hear, no matter how gruesome and difficult to read, whereas Julie's part of the book is the more factual and informational part. Together they make for a personal, educational account. Both were equally moving for me and both instilled hope for a better future for immigrants.