Solito

A Telegraph Book Of The Yearsolito Is My Travel Book Of The Year. Telegraphheartbreaking… A Rare, Eye-Opening Rendition Of The Brutal Reality Of Border-Crossing. Lea Ypi ‘If There’S Any Justice, Solito Will Someday Be Considered A Classic.’ Rumaan Alamyoung Javier Dreams Of Eating Orange Sherbet Ice Cream With His Parents In The United States. For This To Happen, He Must Embark On A Three-Thousand Mile Journey Alone. It Should Last Only Two Weeks. But It Takes Seven. In Limbo, Javier Learns What People Will Do To Survive – And What They Will Forfeit To Save Someone Else. This Is A Memoir Of Perilous Boat Trips, Relentless Desert Treks, And Pointed Guns. But It Is Also A Story Of Tasting Tacos For The First Time, Of Who Passes You Their Water Jug In The Crippling Heat, And Of Longing To Be In Your Mother’S Arms.