Infinite Country.
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Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogota, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia's parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogota with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro's deportation and the family's splintering--the costs they've all been living with ever since.
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Engel, P. (2021). Infinite Country. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Engel, Patricia. 2021. Infinite Country. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Engel, Patricia, Infinite Country. Simon & Schuster, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Engel, Patricia. Infinite Country. Simon & Schuster, 2021.
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