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A review by biobibliophile23
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
5.0
Beautiful story. Diane Guerrero opens up about many hot button issues including having your entire family deported (at an age when life is already confusing and stressful), mental health, family and romantic relationships, and so much more.
Trying to find her own way at a very early age due to her father, mother, and brother being deported to Colombia, Guerrero finds herself relying on the kindness of her friend's families while she finishes school. Feeling despondent and lost, then determined and hopeful, she takes us on her journey to finding success, trying and failing, drinking/partying too much, managing your finances, struggling with mental health, figuring out college/her future, alienating herself from her family, chasing her dreams, and her mixed feelings about the country that disrupted her childhood.
This book covered all the bases. I got really angry with her, I laughed at her quirky jokes, I cried for her, I rooted for her, and I celebrated with her. This book humanizes the issue of immigration in our country and I think it would be an extremely eye-opening read for people who seem to think living in the US illegally is a black and white problem with no gray area. It is immensely complex and as we learn from Guerrero, it alters lives at every turn.
I listened to this book on Audible and I am so happy I did as Guerrero narrated it which made it that much more passionate.
Trying to find her own way at a very early age due to her father, mother, and brother being deported to Colombia, Guerrero finds herself relying on the kindness of her friend's families while she finishes school. Feeling despondent and lost, then determined and hopeful, she takes us on her journey to finding success, trying and failing, drinking/partying too much, managing your finances, struggling with mental health, figuring out college/her future, alienating herself from her family, chasing her dreams, and her mixed feelings about the country that disrupted her childhood.
This book covered all the bases. I got really angry with her, I laughed at her quirky jokes, I cried for her, I rooted for her, and I celebrated with her. This book humanizes the issue of immigration in our country and I think it would be an extremely eye-opening read for people who seem to think living in the US illegally is a black and white problem with no gray area. It is immensely complex and as we learn from Guerrero, it alters lives at every turn.
I listened to this book on Audible and I am so happy I did as Guerrero narrated it which made it that much more passionate.