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Looking for Esperanza: The story of a mother, a\xa0child lost, and why they matter to us by Adriana Paramo

wjcsydney's review

5.0

A stunning book that manages to blend memoir, non-fiction, poetic writing and biting social commentary. Adriana Paramo's descriptions and imagery are haunting, and all the more compelling because they reflect the awful realities of migrant orders, of illegal immigrants, of women who dream for a better future, but live in appalling poverty despite having crossed the border. Paramo's is a book that touches what it means to be human, the raw realities and the softness inside.