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kayleighroy17 's review for:
Infinite Country
by Patricia Engel
I really really felt this book in my heart. A short read, with very short chapters (something I do tend to love) but the length does not prevent the reader from caring about every single member of the family in this story.
I really enjoyed the (odd, but it worked) choice to change perspectives in the latter half of the book. Most of the story is told from third perspective but in the later chapters, we get a couple first person perspectives that really drives home the heart of the book.
This is a story about a young Colombian couple who travel to the United States on a temporary visa with their firstborn daughter. They stay beyond their visa date, have two more children, and we see all of the struggles and hardships that come with being “illegal” in the USA. Including the deportation and splitting of a family.
There are quite a few hard to read moments throughout this story. Assault, sexual assault, heaps and heaps of racism (both overt and micro).
A novel that will surely stick in my heart for a long time.
I really enjoyed the (odd, but it worked) choice to change perspectives in the latter half of the book. Most of the story is told from third perspective but in the later chapters, we get a couple first person perspectives that really drives home the heart of the book.
This is a story about a young Colombian couple who travel to the United States on a temporary visa with their firstborn daughter. They stay beyond their visa date, have two more children, and we see all of the struggles and hardships that come with being “illegal” in the USA. Including the deportation and splitting of a family.
There are quite a few hard to read moments throughout this story. Assault, sexual assault, heaps and heaps of racism (both overt and micro).
A novel that will surely stick in my heart for a long time.