A review by dlauabby
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

emotional funny inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Diane's content from this book was made fairly easy for latinos and minorities to relate to. I think that was the biggest hook for myself. As a minority in the US, I found my identity called to and seen. I certainly enjoyed the little moments that Diane had with her father growing up, mostly because my father was the same way when it came to being affectionate. The nicknaming with random yet meaningful things was where I started feeling connected with Diane's writing. The inclusion of describing Diane's culture played out beautiful and made the reader want to see Colombia. I loved that.

Although, as the book progressed, and this is based on her own life and her family's, it turned into a bit of a sob story. Nonetheless, what happened to her and her family is real as can be. I am not invalidating that. More of it being that I am not able to fully comprehend how she truly dealt with it all and the abrupt separation from her family. It happens to lots of people everywhere in the US and it's kept quiet. I am not surprised at the lack of action on the part of the government. But it is unfair to everyone it happens too and not talked about enough. Mostly because people believe there's nothing that can be done. But pros to Diane, for all the action she's now taking for all the people who can't demand action because of their legal status.