{"product_id":"solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-memoir","title":"Solito: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller - Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003e- Winner of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eChristopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography - Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award - A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this \"gripping memoir\" (NPR) of bravery, hope, and finding family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003cb\u003ePEN\/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction - One of the New York Public Library's Ten Best Books of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence and the PEN\/Open Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I read \u003ci\u003eSolito\u003c\/i\u003e with my heart in my throat and did not burst into tears until the last sentence. What a person, what a writer, what a book.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--Emma Straub\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A riveting tale of perseverance and the lengths humans will go to help each other in times of struggle.\"--Dave Eggers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Vulture, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--\"one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJavier Zamora's \u003ci\u003eadventure\u003c\/i\u003e is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a \"coyote\" hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA memoir as gripping as it is moving, \u003ci\u003eSolito\u003c\/i\u003e provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. \u003ci\u003eSolito \u003c\/i\u003eis Javier Zamora's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.","brand":"Javier Zamora","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52992453247340,"sku":"9780593498088","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9780593498088-us.jpg?v=1765895744","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/solito-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-memoir","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}