Infinite Country

by Patricia Engel

I really enjoyed this quick read from Engel. The two time lines made it more interesting, and I was invested in the lives of Talia, Mauro and Elena.

I'll be honest, when I got this as my BOTM last year, I didn't know anything about the story. But I knew I liked the cover and had been following Patricia Engel for a while, so I took a chance. I am so glad I did, this book has emotion and grit. Mauro and Elena met as teenagers, loved each other and their 3 children so much. But when facing challenges in Colombia, they take their family and move to the United States, even though it is risky.

Once they are in the USA, Mauro gets deported, leaving Elena devastated and to raise her 3 children on her own. The family must endure harships in order to get back together one day. Talia, seperated from her mother and siblings, finds a way back to her father in colombia. There is a sort of strange organization to the book, where random narrators come in at certain points, and you don't know until the end that they are from Talia's siblings, which I thought was creative.

Looking forward to more from Patricia Engel. I enjoyed her writing style. Being from Colombia herself, it felt like she was writing from experience and history. Some historical stories were woven into the novel, and I was really happy to read that.