Solito : : a Memoir

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Call Number: 921 Zamora, Javier, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Biography / General / Zamora, Javier
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

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"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a "coyote" hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home." --author's website.

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Insightful submitted by jgerman79 on June 27, 2024, 11:58am So much interesting information! So many thoughts reading this book:
- the realization that illegal immigration is an economic industry
- it was cool learning about coffee plantations
- the understanding that this is a real story and so there will be things we don't get closure on
- and yet the feelings when life doesn't go the way a fictional story should go!
- I want a map of the route they were supposed to travel and the route they ended up traveling through

But also, it has too much description. I liked it in the first chapter, all the detail let me visualize his hometown and his family. But I did not need to know the shape of a man's fingers or the texture of the tiles on a roof of people and places he barely spent any time with. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5

Important but not great submitted by kermitpertz on June 27, 2024, 12:29pm This is such an important book to read. First-hand account of a young child’s journey to become an American. Even as a bleeding heart liberal, my eyes were opened to what people go through because they believe in the goodness of living here. Not particularly engaging, but still a book worth reading

Highly recommend submitted by lucajl on August 16, 2024, 6:26am Really beautiful and emotional story!