It’s been a minute-or five years-since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming.Ī TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club PickĪ Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises-especially to ourselves-by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination.
But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.Īrizona, 2019. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht-the night his family loses everything.
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