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In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
by Diane Guerrero
I’m normally not a celebrity memoir reader, but I loved Diane Guerrero’s book. “In the Country We Love” is Guerrero’s story, from childhood to finding celebrity on Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin. But nothing in her life is untouched by her parents status as undocumented immigrants. That shaped her childhood, living in impoverished areas of Boston, by the many working class domestic and labor jobs her parents juggled to make ends meet.
And when Guerrero was 14, both her parents were deported, leaving her alone and neglected in America. The trauma and shock of this event changed everything about Guerrero’s life, and she shares her story with a tender and frank voice. Guerrero describes her family’s experiences as immigrants, how her own life was shaped by these experiences, and how the lives of everyone in her community had been shaped by outdated and impractical immigration policy.
This book was nuanced, conversationally written, and a delight (and heartbreaking) to read. I’d recommend to any of her fans and anyone interested in immigrants and their stories.
And when Guerrero was 14, both her parents were deported, leaving her alone and neglected in America. The trauma and shock of this event changed everything about Guerrero’s life, and she shares her story with a tender and frank voice. Guerrero describes her family’s experiences as immigrants, how her own life was shaped by these experiences, and how the lives of everyone in her community had been shaped by outdated and impractical immigration policy.
This book was nuanced, conversationally written, and a delight (and heartbreaking) to read. I’d recommend to any of her fans and anyone interested in immigrants and their stories.