Poet Javier Zamora’s memoir details the story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States alone to join his parents when he was only nine years old. 

This memoir was so beautiful. Zamora’s writing is magical and has the ability to transport readers to exactly what he experienced. I really enjoyed the format that the memoir was written in as well. Zamora recounts the events in a gripping way and I couldn’t put this book down. I really want to know what happened to Chino, Pati, and Carla too and loved how they all helped one another. What an incredible moving memoir! As an immigration lawyer, stories like these are especially heart wrenching for me and help me learn so much about my clients and the things that they go through. I was also delighted to read that Zamora lives in Tucson and volunteers with The Florence Project, an absolutely wonderful organization here in Arizona that provides free legal and social services to detained migrants.