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Such. Difficult. Lives. Most of the story follows Jeanette, a recovering junkie who is the daughter of Carmen, who escaped Cuba and her family as a young woman. Jeanette tries to care for Ana, the daughter of a neighbor who was taken by ICE in the middle of the night, but is unable to persist. Ana rejoins her mother in a detention center, then as they are deported. Every part of this book was an eye opener - detention centers, family violence, a...read more
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