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The story follows Serafina, an undocumented worker forced to leave California and her young daughter Elvia behind. Twelve years later, armed with only a pair of silver barrettes as a memory, Serafina embarks on a perilous journey to reunite with Elvia, who is now a pregnant teenager searching for her mother. Their paths intertwine against a backdrop of struggling migrants and lost children, highlighting themes of love, hope, and the quest for family amidst hardship.
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Highwire Moon, Susan Straight
- Language
- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Highwire Moon
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Susan Straight
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN13
- 9781480419858
- Category
- Fiction, Ethnography, Alternative history
- Description
- The story follows Serafina, an undocumented worker forced to leave California and her young daughter Elvia behind. Twelve years later, armed with only a pair of silver barrettes as a memory, Serafina embarks on a perilous journey to reunite with Elvia, who is now a pregnant teenager searching for her mother. Their paths intertwine against a backdrop of struggling migrants and lost children, highlighting themes of love, hope, and the quest for family amidst hardship.