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Author:
Marcelo Hernández Castillo
Publisher:
Harper
Date:
January 28, 2020
A prize-winning poet writes about growing up undocumented in the United States, recounting the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and the one young manâs attempt to build a future in a nation that denies his existence.
What The Reviewers Say
It takes an intimate account like Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s memoir, Children of the Land, to refocus our attention on what matters when discussing immigration reform—i.e., the person and their family.
...a harrowing, heartfelt memoir about life in the interstitial spaces between countries, languages, cultures and identities.
The experience of being an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, written as a personal account, is seldom seen in American literature even though it is a reality for millions of Mexicans residing in the United States...The publication of Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s Children of the Land is an excellent addition to this small but necessary body of work, underscoring the fact that in each such immigrant there’s a unique story that deserves to be heard.
...flawed but deeply compelling.
