![]() While her stay there may or may not be justified, the only thing which matters to her is returning to her father in Bogota, where a plane ticked to the United States awaits her, with the promise of reunification.įrom there, we rewind through time to see how this one family managed to become fragmented enough to live in two different countries in spite of their wishes to the contrary. In any case, the story begins by first introducing us to Talia, stowed away at a correctional facility for adolescent girls somewhere in the mountains of Colombia. I feel I ought to mention, before adding anything else, this is indeed a fictional novel, but it very much draws on the author’s personal experiences and her first-hand knowledge of what it’s like to live as a Colombian immigrant in the United States of America. In Patricia Engel‘s Infinite Country, we meet one such family whose history is shaped by their dreams for the future. It might be fairly difficult to truly understand for those of us living in first-world countries where most social services, benefits and safety nets are taken for granted, but the search for a better life is a very real and essential goal many people are willing to make monumental sacrifices for. ![]()
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