The Family Izquierdo by Rubén Degollado [in Booklist]
30 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost
Their collective story begins in McAllen, Texas, just seven miles from the U.S./Mexico border. For generations before, Octavio Izquierdo’s predecessors “used to come and go, crossing freely, still in their own country,” before an “imaginary line” delineated nations and separated families. In 1958, Octavio is claiming “a...