Lucky Boy
By Shanthi Sekaran
This book was beautifully written, well paced, but challenging subject matter. This was a book that was hard to put down.
The story tells of Soli, an illegal Mexican migrant who arrives in California only to discover she's pregnant. Her life intersects with an American couple who are unable to have children. Soli ends up in jail, her son sent to child services. The American couple end up fostering her son and hope to adopt him. Soli has no way to defend herself in the penal system, and endures horrific conditions until she manages to escape. Finally, she "kidnaps" her son and takes him back to Mexico.
The question is: who deserves this boy? The birth mother or the rich American couple? A story with a challenging moral question, but in the end, the question is answered, and I think correctly.
This is a story of love for a child. Both women were his mother, but only one was his birth mother.
Rating: 4.5/5
Recommendation: Yes.
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