My ABCs: Argentina, Brazil, Canada: Stories, Letters, and Poems about Identity and Belonging

by Mariela Sol Torroba Hennigen

My Argentina, Brazil, Stories, Letters, and Poems about Identity and Belonging explore moments from Mariela Sol Torroba Hennigen's upbringing and family history. She reflects on how they interweave, how both shaped her into who she is and how both brought her to where she stands today. Note that this book mentions mature topics, like xenophobia, bullying, and violence.

377 pages, Paperback

Published April 6, 2023

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A vulnerable debut from the young author that I very much enjoyed. Some of the stories were so universally relatable with the bond between family members, that drew emotion from the reader.
Other parts were harder to appreciate fully because they did not contain English translations; however, I also think this is a wise deliberate choice from the author to really emphasize the struggle between cultures that she writes about. It gives the reader (who may only understand English), a tiny glimpse into not understanding certain phrases, words, or jokes in the book - and I kind of think that’s the point for the author to invoke these feelings as she gets you to contemplate intersectional identity and belonging.
I hope she releases more stories.

[Mariela Sol]

(lol) I wrote it so I def read it