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nA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER nWINNER OF THE 2021 NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD, LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL, AND A NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS BIG READS SELECTION n nA profound, beautiful novel. --People * Poignant. --BuzzFeed * A breathtaking story of the unimaginable prices paid for a better life. --Esquire n nThis heartbreaking portrait of a family dealing with the realities of migration and separation (Time) is a sweeping love story and tragic drama [and] an authentic vision of what the American Dream looks like in a nationalistic country (Elle). n nI often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. n nTalia 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 Bogot�, 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. n nHow 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 Bogot� with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a tempor