The beginning feels a little slow and disjointed, but on the whole this is a moving, lyrical, honest memoir. Definitely recommend. It gives such a nuanced picture of the border and the systems of violence facing those who seek to cross. 

“Some politicians in the United States think that if a mother or father is deported, this will cause the entire family to move back to Mexico. But in fact, the mothers and fathers with the best family values will want their family to stay in the US, they will cross the border again and again to be with them. So you see, these same people, the ones with the most dedication to their family, they begin to build up a record of deportation, they have more and more problems with the government, and it becomes harder and harder for them to ever become legal. In this way, the US is making criminals out of those which could become its very best citizens.”