A nation at war with itself, yet people still spoke of it as some kind of paradise.~from Infinite Country by Patricia Engel What was it about this country that kept us hostage to its fantasy? The previous month, on its own soil, an American man went to his job at a plant and gunned down fourteen coworkers, and last spring along there were four different school shootings. Years pass with the family separated, growing apart. When she finds she cannot work with the newborn girl, she sends Talia back to her mother and husband to raise in Bogota. When Mauro is arrested and deported, Elena decides to stay in America with Talia, born in Colombia, and their American born son and daughter. They have a child and move to the United States hoping for a better life. In Bogota, during a violent time in Columbia, teenagers Mauro and Elena fall in love.
It's love.~from Infinite Country by Patricia Engel People say drugs and alcohol are the greatest and most persuasive narcotics-the elements most likely to ruin a life. In exquisite writing and storytelling, Infinite Country explores love that transcends borders and separation, the bifurcated identity of those who have left their homeland for new countries, the longing and sorrow of family separation, and the myth of American Dream.Īward-winning author Patricia Engel's moving story elicits compassion and an awareness that there are no safe havens except in a family's love.
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