Narrators Almarie Guerra and Jayme Mattler create a heartbreaking portrait of a mother's detention and forced separation from her sons under this country's recent zero tolerance immigration policy. This compelling memoir alternates between the perspectives of the two authors. Guatemalan Rosayra Pablo Cruz is portrayed by Guerra. Her voice is clear and strong, but breaks in moments when she expresses both Cruz's unwavering faith and the extreme deprivation and terror she experienced in her homeland and during her harrowing escape. The fervent activism and fundraising efforts of Julie Schwietert Collazo, a founder of Immigrant Families Together, are sensitively conveyed by Mattler. The comfortable pacing of both narrators allows listeners to fully invest in this stirring call to action. M.J. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
“Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” - ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020
“[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir...This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” - Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
“[The] haunting and eloquent...narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life."" -Kirkus, STARRED Review
Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family.
When Rosayra “Rosy” Pablo Cruz made the agonizing decision to seek asylum in the United States with two of her children, she knew the journey would be arduous, dangerous, and quite possibly deadly. But she had no choice: violence-from gangs, from crime, from spiraling chaos-was making daily life hell. Rosy knew her family's one chance at survival was to flee Guatemala and go north.
After a brutal journey that left them dehydrated, exhausted, and nearly starved, Rosy and her two little boys arrived at the Arizona border. Almost immediately they were seized and forcibly separated by government officials under the Department of Homeland Security's new “zero tolerance” policy. To her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun.
In The Book of Rosy, with an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children. She reveals the cruelty of the detention facilities, the excruciating pain of feeling her children ripped from her arms, the abiding faith that staved off despair-and the enduring friendship with Julie, which helped her navigate the darkness and the bottomless Orwellian bureaucracy.
A gripping account of the human cost of inhumane policies, The Book of Rosy is also a paean to the unbreakable will of people united by true love, a sense of justice, and hope for a better future.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
The Book of Rosy is a powerful memoir that sheds light on the devastating effects of the U.S.-Mexico border policies on families seeking asylum.
It is a must-read for anyone interested in immigration reform and social justice.
HarperCollins 2024
“Offers hope in the face of desperate odds” - ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020
“[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir...This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.” - Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
“[The] haunting and eloquent...narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life."" -Kirkus, STARRED Review
Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family.
When Rosayra “Rosy” Pablo Cruz made the agonizing decision to seek asylum in the United States with two of her children, she knew the journey would be arduous, dangerous, and quite possibly deadly. But she had no choice: violence-from gangs, from crime, from spiraling chaos-was making daily life hell. Rosy knew her family's one chance at survival was to flee Guatemala and go north.
After a brutal journey that left them dehydrated, exhausted, and nearly starved, Rosy and her two little boys arrived at the Arizona border. Almost immediately they were seized and forcibly separated by government officials under the Department of Homeland Security's new “zero tolerance” policy. To her horror Rosy discovered that her flight to safety had only just begun.
In The Book of Rosy, with an unprecedented level of sharp detail and soulful intimacy, Rosy tells her story, aided by Julie Schwietert Collazo, founder of Immigrant Families Together, the grassroots organization that reunites mothers and children. She reveals the cruelty of the detention facilities, the excruciating pain of feeling her children ripped from her arms, the abiding faith that staved off despair-and the enduring friendship with Julie, which helped her navigate the darkness and the bottomless Orwellian bureaucracy.
A gripping account of the human cost of inhumane policies, The Book of Rosy is also a paean to the unbreakable will of people united by true love, a sense of justice, and hope for a better future.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
The Book of Rosy is a powerful memoir that sheds light on the devastating effects of the U.S.-Mexico border policies on families seeking asylum.
It is a must-read for anyone interested in immigration reform and social justice.
HarperCollins 2024
The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border
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| BN ID: | 2940172657740 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 06/02/2020 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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