![]() Weaving Andean myth and natural symbolism into her narrative-condors signify mating for life, jaguars revenge the embattled Colombians are "a singed species of birds without feathers who can still fly" children born in one country and raised in another are "repotted flowers, creatures forced to live in the wrong habitat"-she follows Talia, the youngest child, on a complex journey. recovers from the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, from the misery of separations on the border, from both the idea and the reality of a wall around the United States, Engel's vital story of a divided Colombian family is a book we need to read. "People say drugs and alcohol are the greatest and most persuasive narcotics-the elements most likely to ruin a life. ![]() ![]() A 15-year-old girl in Colombia, doing time in a remote detention center, orchestrates a jail break and tries to get home. ![]()
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