Enriques Journey
Enrique’s Journey
Author: Sonia Nazario Publisher: Random House Trade Date of publication: 2006/2007
In Los Angeles, California, the author Sonia Nazario, was at her home
when her maid, Maria Del Carmen Ferrez and her began talking about
children, and Sonia learned that Maria had four children still living in
Guatemala. Carmen’s story began after her husband left her for another
woman and she decided to travel to the United States to have a more
successful life. Carmen embarked on a journey north, eventually
arriving in Los Angeles, where she found work and sends money and
clothes to her children back in Guatemala, but feels very emotional due
to her forced separation from her children in order to have a better life.
A year later, Carmen learned that her son Minor, had arrived in Los
Angeles to reunite with Carmen. Sonia Nazario was amazed at hearing
about this story, and started to research the journeys that people
traveling from Central America and Mexico endured in order to come to
the United States. This inspired Sonia Nazario to write about Enrique,
who was 17 at the time, whom she met at a shelter in Nuevo Laredo
after shadowing him and hearing about his journey up North.
“Enrique’s Journey” is the story of a young boys dangerous obstacle to
reunite with his mother. When Enrique is five years old, his mother
Lourdes, leaves Honduras after struggling to support her children. She
does not want to see her children grow up in extreme poverty as did she so she heads to the United States to try and find work, and she promises
the children that she will return soon. Years have passed, and Enrique
has become very depressed and lonely, from being
Author: Sonia Nazario Publisher: Random House Trade Date of publication: 2006/2007
In Los Angeles, California, the author Sonia Nazario, was at her home
when her maid, Maria Del Carmen Ferrez and her began talking about
children, and Sonia learned that Maria had four children still living in
Guatemala. Carmen’s story began after her husband left her for another
woman and she decided to travel to the United States to have a more
successful life. Carmen embarked on a journey north, eventually
arriving in Los Angeles, where she found work and sends money and
clothes to her children back in Guatemala, but feels very emotional due
to her forced separation from her children in order to have a better life.
A year later, Carmen learned that her son Minor, had arrived in Los
Angeles to reunite with Carmen. Sonia Nazario was amazed at hearing
about this story, and started to research the journeys that people
traveling from Central America and Mexico endured in order to come to
the United States. This inspired Sonia Nazario to write about Enrique,
who was 17 at the time, whom she met at a shelter in Nuevo Laredo
after shadowing him and hearing about his journey up North.
“Enrique’s Journey” is the story of a young boys dangerous obstacle to
reunite with his mother. When Enrique is five years old, his mother
Lourdes, leaves Honduras after struggling to support her children. She
does not want to see her children grow up in extreme poverty as did she so she heads to the United States to try and find work, and she promises
the children that she will return soon. Years have passed, and Enrique
has become very depressed and lonely, from being