Combining the stories of families torn apart by violence with children sent into the arms of strangers in the hope that kindness and compassion would prevail. 1938- Kristallnacht forces a horrible choice that sends six year old Samuel on a journey bound for England, a country where he knows no one and doesn't speak the language. 2019- guerrilla war in El Salvador forces a little blind girl and her injured mother to risk everything on a journey to the U.S. Caught at the border Anita is separated from her mother leaving her at the mercy of border agents in a country where she knows no one and doesn't speak the language. The efforts of truly good people working in a flawed system lead Anita to a distant relative who happens to be quarantined and working for elderly Samual Adler, once the little boy alone in England. Tragic and hopeful at the same time Isabel Allende brings us a story that will resonate with readers of the universal immigrant experience of children in the past and present. 4 stars
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