A review by bookreviewswithkb
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz, Julie Schwietert Collazo

challenging emotional informative tense fast-paced

3.75

cw: family separation, forced detention, violence, rape 

i’m really surprised more people haven’t read this book! i am grateful to have had the opportunity to read Rosy’s immigration story, for her willingness to share her story, including the horrific trauma she experienced at the hands of the u.s. government, in order to bring awareness to the personal impacts the inhumane policies we create have. it’s a quick and powerful read 

i do think it would have been more powerful without the chapters reserved for Collazo to explain how she started the organization Immigrant Families Together, which could have been a description at the end of the book instead. it took away from Rosy’s story immensely and shifted the focus in a different direction