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Maybe should have done the audiobook instead?

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford

July 9, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 18/30 Like other people have said in their reviews, this is an interesting story, a story that should be told, but unfortunately the book itself just isn’t very well written. It felt underdeveloped and amateurish, even with the co-author. (It also bothered me that the publishing company/editor couldn’t bother to include accents and tildes when the author used Spanish, but that’s not the author’s fault and didn’t really affect my rating; I just wanted to complain about it. Esta […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, deportation, Diane Guerrero, Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford, Immigration, in the country we love, Michelle Burford, my family divided, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2021, undocumented immigrants

narfna's CBR13 Review No:98 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, deportation, Diane Guerrero, Diane Guerrero, Michelle Burford, Immigration, in the country we love, Michelle Burford, my family divided, narfna, non fiction, read harder challenge 2021, undocumented immigrants ·
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