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The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos
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Author:
Ãngela GarcÃa
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
April 30, 2024
A work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known world of the anexos of Mexico City, the informal addiction treatment centers where mothers send their children to escape the violence of the drug war.
What The Reviewers Say
As a feat of research, the book reflects a remarkable effort.
Astute and harrowing.
What makes this book different from an ethnographic study of illicit drug treatment facilities is the significance of Garcia’s own story, which also crisscrosses the border.
Both a heavy and enlightening history of how anexos came to be, and a compassionate look into the lives of those impacted..
