In the Country we Love : : my Family Divided

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Call Number: 791.43 Gu
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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"Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported to Colombia while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family. In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country. There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories haven't been told. Written with Michelle Burford, this memoir is a tale of personal triumph that also casts a much-needed light on the fears that haunt the daily existence of families likes the author's and on a system that fails them over and over"-- Provided by publisher.

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in the countey we love submitted by avrogers1 on June 24, 2017, 3:38pm In the country we love is an interesting read

Thank you Diane, for your story! submitted by clk.9123 on August 21, 2022, 5:15pm I really appreciated Diane’s story, it was the first I had read detailing what happens to children if their parents are taken by ICE and deported. It broke my heart imagining not just her, but the thousands of kids who go through this. Diane is clearly fortunate in her adulthood, but how many can say the same? This was so much more than a celebrity memoir to me.