Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora Wednesday, Sept 11 7pm
Schedule
Wed Sep 11 2024 at 07:00 pm
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Alibi Bookshop - Vallejo, CA | Vallejo, CA
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Please join us Wednesday, September 11th at 7pm for the Alibi Bookshop Memoir Book Club's discussion of "Solito" by Javier Zamora. (NOTE: THIS ON ON WEDNESDAY IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT)New York Times Bestseller • Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography • Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award • Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • One of the New York Public Library’s Ten Best Books of the Year
Javier Zamora’s adventure 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.
At 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.
A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito 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. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.
Books available in the shop and online: bookshop.org/shop/alibibookshop and audio: libro.fm/alibibookshop
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Alibi Bookshop - Vallejo, CA, 624 Marin St,Vallejo,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
