This is a book about immigrants to America and basically the hardship they face.
It tells the story of a Mexican family. a mother, father and disabled daughter who sell up all they have and buy passage to move to Delaware. They do this primarily to get better medical and education help for their daughter. The father like many other immigrants works in the only job he can get at a mushroom farm.
The motel and area where they live, is home to many other kinds of immigrants coming from many other areas of the world. It is through their interaction we learn of the trials, fears, homesickness and desperation of these new immigrants, these unknown Americans.
The younger immigrants cannot understand their new land or even much of the language and even their parents find it difficult. within their own communities the young ones have problems because their parents old customs don't fit with the customs
It is a sad book to read because it tells us that we could do better and be more welcoming and understanding to others.
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