A review by delaneybull
The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henríquez

5.0

This was so sad but I loved it. I loved the different chapters from residents in the apartment building, and I liked how it didn't show the US as the most amazing place in the world, and didn't make it seem like life is automatically better there. It blended the reality of having to leave a place you love because of its political, infrastructure, whatever issues and seeing the US as the sole option for finding opportunity rather than romanticizing the US as "The American Dream" or whatever. I really enjoyed it.