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I loved the historical aspects of this novel most - the flashbacks to Chile and Guatemala and what the characters experienced there. The present day story was not as compelling and the love story made me cringe. Overall this is a valuable read for its insights into life in Chile and Guatemala.
This book was pasted together to get another illegal immigration story out there. And of course,we have to have political jabs.....in the end, it’s all Trump’s fault!
Brooklyn, present day, a snowstorm brings three people together who’ve each had struggles. Their pasts are remembered in alternating chapters and locations/times. A Guatemalan woman who has immigrated to the US becomes a guardian of a teenager with cerebral palsy, a Chilean woman and English professor become housemates all under tragic circumstances. The present chapters feature a bit of a mystery for the reader to figure out. I was underwhelmed.
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Wendy E.
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