An American immigrant

Reviewed by:

Ceil Carey, retired public librarian and long time book discussion leader

Title:

An American immigrant

Author:

Johanna Rojas Van

Publisher:

Waterbrook

https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/

Date:

2023

Format:

Paperback

Length:

338 pages

Overview:

Melanie Carvajal is a journalist, a struggling journalist who is about to lose her job. Tragic, sure at the time, but it propels her into her real writing. Visiting her grandmother in Cali, Colombia, Melanie comes across her mother’s journals where she wrote of her border crossing experiences. Melanie never even considered what her mother had gone through to come to the United States and provide a different world for her family. And now the real writing begins!

Rating:

5 out of 5

Suggested audience:

Fans of fiction inspired by real-life events

Christian impact:

This is a story of commitment to family, those that have come before us as well as those we are sharing life with now.

Also includes:

-author’s note

-reader’s guide

-acknowledgements

-about the author

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