(Fiction, 272 pp. 2023)
Two children, half a century apart, are forced to leave their families and homelands for uncertain futures. Samuel escapes on the 1938 Kindertransport from Nazi-occupied Austria to England, and Anita flees terror in El Salvador to an Arizona migrant facility, where she is forcibly separated from her mother. Allende weaves together heartbreaking stories of confusion, fear, and loss at the core of forced migration. The Bay Area features prominently in the tale, which hinges on the activism of a dedicated social worker and an unenlightened San Francisco attorney.
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Discussion Questions by Wrote A Book, 2023
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Review by Lauren Fox, The New York Times, July 9, 2023
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Review by Kirkus Reviews, March 27, 2023
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Review by Anita Snow, The Independent, June 5, 2023
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Review by Publishers Weekly, March 21, 2023
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Review by Brian Tanguay, California Review of Books, October 10, 2023
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Review by Emily Watkins, iNews.UK, June 8, 2023
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