The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an

The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life

The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in Californiaâ€”fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong.

â€œImpeccably timed, intimately reported, and beautifully expressed.â€â€”The New York Times

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYÂ THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWÂ â€¢ WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE â€¢ SILVER WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD

Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul Floresâ€”until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the regionâ€™s brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home theyâ€™ve ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the Flores twins as they make their way across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of teenage life with only each other for support. With intimate access and breathtaking range, Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience.

FINALIST FOR THEÂ LOS ANGELES TIMESÂ BOOK PRIZE â€¢ SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE â€¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/BOGRAD WELD PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY

â€œ[This] beautifully written book . . . can be read as a supplement to the current news, a chronicle of the problems that Central Americans are fleeing and the horrors they suffer in flight. But it transcends the crisis. Markhamâ€™s deep, frank reporting is also useful in thinking ahead to the challenges of assimilation, for the struggling twins and many others like them. . . . Her reporting is intimate and detailed, and her tone is a special pleasure. Trustworthy, calm, decent, it offers refuge from a world consumed by Twitter screeds and cable news demagogues. . . . AÂ generous book for an ungenerous age.â€â€”Jason DeParle,Â The New York Review of Books

â€œYou should readÂ The Far Away Brothers. We all should.â€â€”NPR

â€œThis is the sort of news that is the opposite of fake. . . . Markham is our knowing, compassionate ally, our guide in sorting out, up close, how our new national immigration policy is playing out from a human perspective. . . . An important book.â€â€”The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Country USA
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-09-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-09-12
Format	Kindle eBook

The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life

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