narrated by Yareli Arizmendi
Unabridged audio (16:43)
2020 Flatiron Books
400 pgs.
Adult CRF
Finished 5/23/2020
Goodreads rating: 4.32 - 76,513 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Contemporary Acapulco, Mexico, Nogales and north through the desert to Tucson
First line/s: "One of the very first bullets comes in through the open window above the toilet where Luca is standing."
My comments: This is an amazing, powerful book. It tells the story of a mother and her eight-year old son fleeing from certain death after her husband and 14 other family members - including her mother = were murdered by the cartel in Acapulco. Their harrowing adventure is unimaginable ... brave, incredibly scary, and sad. It's hard to believe and hard to imagine how the atrocities described in this book can possibly be happening in our world RIGHT NOW. Incredible thoughtful, lovely writing. And the narrator was just perfect, spot on, with a lovely Spanish accent, pronouncing everything not only with the perfect accent but with the right emphasis on letters that are different than English. Wow, just wow. Highly recommended must-read for anyone and everyone.
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