My Side Of The River is the honest and moving memoir by Elizabeth Camrarillo Gutierrez.
Elizabeth was born of Mexican immigrant parents south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona. Elizabeth was the best freshman student in her school and her future looked bright. But then the visa's of her parents expired, and they had no other choice to return to Mexico. This left Elizabeth and her younger brother alone in the USA, suddenly Elizabeth was the responsible one for her education and raising her brother. But soon her brother also returns to his parents in Mexico and Elizabeth is all alone, and lands homeless on the couch of people who are strangers to her and where she never feels at home where she can feel safe and she become one of the many victims affected by family separation due to broken immigration laws. She has to fight to continue her study and has a grumbling belly many time, but with unbreakable determination, she is accepted into multiple Ivy League colleges and graduates. After college . she lands a job in finance and then her younger brother starts to live with her who she takes care of on her own while working full time until he goes to College. At that point she begins to help her parents financially.
This is a truly moving and beautiful written memoir by a remarkable strong woman. She truly tells openly how life is for undocumented immigrants and the pain of the children of parents who have to move back, and the effects this has on their life and education.Focusing on her mother's advice that she should always be the best student in the classroom, Elizabeth accomplished the near-impossible. I truly enjoyed reading this eye-opening book, I found it truly very moving and interesting to read, and in this current times, I truly recommend reading this book!
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