This is one of the most riveting memoirs I have ever read- Zamora captures his experience as a child migrant with extraordinary detail and emotion. It feels special to read a memoir that manages to stay true to the confusion of childhood in a very adult scenario and the uncertainty of migration while also not shying away from the kindness he was shown and the gratitude he so clearly feels towards those that helped him.
Solito by Javier Zamora, (List Price: $28, Hogarth, 9780593498064, September 2022)
Reviewed by Cat Bock, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee