rmaff 's review for:

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
5.0

Wow, this book. I sincerely enjoyed the first half, in Mama's perspective, and underlined quite a lot of it. I felt like I learned about the border crisis but also about a myriad of other general knowledge. It was also a poignant story about a mixed family and the slow dissolution of a marriage.

I didn't love the boy's perspective as much until it got to the "Echo Canyon" section when the major storylines converge in a sweeping, single sentence that picks the pace up and lands us back into safety.

I'm so glad I read this book...I feel like a better person for it.