The Children’s Spot
A snapshot review of a book related to the Non-fiction Feature
Also in this Monthly Bulletin:
The Non-fiction Feature: The Beast by Oscar Martinez
The Product Spot: El Faro – Latin America’s first native internet newspaper
The Pithy Take
Edwidge Danticat (author of the excellent short story collection Everything Inside), tells a sad, beautiful children’s story about a family separated. A young daughter misses her mother, who is being held in an immigration detention center, and the mother sends the daughter bedtime tales. It is a reminder that immigration policies have a real–and potentially devastating–impact on families and children.
In the car on the way home, I miss Mama so much my belly aches. I fall asleep and dream of the visit, except in my dream, Mama comes home with Papa and me.
Mama’s Nightingale
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Dial Books
32 pages | 2015
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