Solito

“A new landmark in the literature of migration, and in nonfiction writ large.”  -  Francisco Cantú

Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Travelling alone except for a group of strangers and a coyote hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. 

A memoir by an acclaimed poet that reads like a novel, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.