A review by courtraemck
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home by

5.0

“There is nothing easy about migration. It is a search for a better life, but in this way it is also a death. How easily would you choose to leave this life? How quickly, if the decision were made for you? It is a line you cannot uncross, whether you are lucky enough to visit every few years or if you left knowing you will never return. Everyone and everything you knew and loved are gone.” —Natalia Sylvester, “Mourning My Birthplace”
This collection was incredibly rich and a great reminder of privilege from beginning to end.