Luiselli seeks the humanity within the reader as she interweaves the forty intake questions she had to ask the children, along with their stories, her personal and emotional struggle, and her daughter's constant question, "So how does the story of those children end?" With images of pain, abandonment, La Bestia, and confused children, Luiselli places a mirror in front of our collective soul. Her task was to interview children, follow an intake questionnaire, and translate their stories from Spanish to English-only to see if an attorney would take their pro bono case. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. In 2015, Luiselli began to work as a volunteer interpreter. Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions Metaphors and Similes These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. due to violence and political chaos in their home countries, only to find themselves in a cold and bitter American court system. A DAMNING CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE REALITY OF UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN SEEKING A NEW LIFE IN THE U.S.Structured around the forty questions. In 2014, a surge of Central American children fled to the U.S. immigration system as well as their traumatic journeys. Tell Me How It Ends speaks boldly about the painful reality undocumented, and many times unaccompanied, children face in the U.S. An inspiring and necessary book by the renown Mexican author Valeria Luiselli.
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