Katya Suvorova is the author of Ungrateful Immigrant Daughter: A Memoir From the Child of a Mail-Order Bride, out this week from Alcove Press. Below, she discusses three books she wishes she had as an undocumented child.
Growing up undocumented was a lonely experience, spent fearing a traffic stop or trusting the wrong person could lead to being deported or separated from my family. I sometimes didn’t believe we would survive the situations we were in, and I didn’t know any adults who had grown up undocumented.
I wish I had gotten to read stories from adults who had been where...
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