Enrique’s Promised Land
Enrique’s Journey The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite With His Mother Sonia Nazario Random
We meet Enrique on the eve of his mother’s departure for the States. He is 5; Lourdes is 24. Eventually, she finds work as a nanny in — where else? — Beverly Hills, where she cares for a child who has suffered an altogether different kind of abandonment. Her remittances arrive in Honduras, but they are not enough to ensure la vida mejor for her family. The only communication is the occasional phone call. “When are you coming home?” Enrique asks again and again, as several reunification plans fail.
