Download Audiobook Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora in English

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READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY A younger poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the USA on the age of 9 on this transferring, page-turning memoir hailed as “the mythic journey of our period” (Sandra Cisneros)“A brand new landmark within the literature of migration, and in nonfiction writ massive.”—Francisco Cantú, creator of The Line Turns into a River Journey. My dad and mom began utilizing that phrase a couple of yr in the past—“someday, you’ll make a journey to be with us. Like an journey.”  Javier Zamora’s journey is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small city in El Salvador, via Guatemala and Mexico, and throughout the U.S. border. He’ll depart behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mom who left 4 years in the past and a father he barely remembers. Touring alone amid a bunch of strangers and a “coyote” employed to make them security, Javier expects his journey to final two quick weeks. At 9 years previous, all Javier can think about is dashing into his dad and mom’ arms, snuggling in mattress between them, and residing beneath the identical roof once more. He can’t foresee the perilous boat journeys, relentless desert treks, pointed weapons, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that these two weeks will increase into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an sudden household. A memoir as gripping as it’s transferring, Solito supplies a direct and intimate account not solely of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but in addition of the miraculous kindness and love delivered on the most sudden moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, nevertheless it’s additionally the story of thousands and thousands of others who had no selection however to depart dwelling.