When I walk through that door, I am : an immigrant mother's quest /
"Jimmy Santiago Baca sends us on a journey with Sophia, an El Salvadorian mother facing a mountain of obstacles, carrying with her the burden of all that has come before: her husband’s murder, a wrenching separation from her young son at the border, then rape and abuse at the hands of ICE, yet...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "Jimmy Santiago Baca sends us on a journey with Sophia, an El Salvadorian mother facing a mountain of obstacles, carrying with her the burden of all that has come before: her husband’s murder, a wrenching separation from her young son at the border, then rape and abuse at the hands of ICE, yet persevering: “I keep walking/carrying you in my thoughts,” she repeats, as she wills her boy to know she is on a quest to find him."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 74 pages ; 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780807059357 0807059358 |