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Lost Children Archive
by Valeria Luiselli
This novel mixes several stories: a family roadtrip; the stories of refugee children that get lost; the end of the Apache tribe.
Not only is there constant switching between the different stories, there is also a switch from the POV of the mother to that of the son.
The whole book is filled with cultural references.
I am very thankful that I followed the advice to read [b:Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions|33608721|Tell Me How It Ends An Essay in Forty Questions|Valeria Luiselli|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497428713s/33608721.jpg|54428382] first. I’m not sure my reading of this book would have been the same if I missed it.
While I did not consider it an easy read, I think it is an amazing, beautiful and very sad book. It urges us to think about some very difficult topics.
(Can I please ask that all people who think children should be detained, read this? This book shows that the way we treat children has nothing to do with politics. Ignoring this problem is ignoring our own humanity)
Not only is there constant switching between the different stories, there is also a switch from the POV of the mother to that of the son.
The whole book is filled with cultural references.
I am very thankful that I followed the advice to read [b:Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions|33608721|Tell Me How It Ends An Essay in Forty Questions|Valeria Luiselli|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1497428713s/33608721.jpg|54428382] first. I’m not sure my reading of this book would have been the same if I missed it.
While I did not consider it an easy read, I think it is an amazing, beautiful and very sad book. It urges us to think about some very difficult topics.
(Can I please ask that all people who think children should be detained, read this? This book shows that the way we treat children has nothing to do with politics. Ignoring this problem is ignoring our own humanity)