A review by bookreviewswithkb
Solito by Javier Zamora

challenging emotional sad tense

4.0

this is a heart-wrenching memoir of Zamora’s experience of migrating from El Salvador to the united states at the age of 9, unaccompanied for most of the journey without any adults he knew. it’s harrowing, holding back nothing of the experience. i felt a sense of being present right along him, because of the depth of the recounting. it’s also a meditation on hope, on taking care of each other, on finding community. of the sincere and ever present longing for what’s on the other side of hardship 

because the book is written from the perspective of Zamora at 9-years-old, the sentences are very short and direct with a lot of conversation, so i enjoyed the format of this book more via audio