Dean's Reviews > The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

Francisco Cantu´ descending from Mexican immigrants and having worked for long years as a border patrol officer has written a mesmerizing and very emotional account of his confrontation/trauma of what it means to live the reality of the Mexican/American frontiers!!

I appreciated and valued it so much to hear the voice of an insider..
Because you know what, politicians they like to talk and talk of things without having seeing and lived the truth of the real situation at all!!

And I was so motivated to read it, because president Trump wants to strengthens and secure the border to Mexico..
So I wanted and needed to read this book!!!

Well, after having read this..I still can comprehend to some extend president Trump!!

But I have also discovered my heart for the sufferings of innocent people trapped by a system which has degenerated/mutated into a dark and inhuman instrument of cruelty and humiliation devastating whole families..

Yes, I think that Cantu´s book is more than a desperate cry giving a powerful voice to the uncounted victims..
Children, women and so many others which stamina didn't allow them to go farther..
Without names/without faces..
Their dry bones lay forlorn and scattered under the brooding scorching sun of the desert!!!

"The Line Becomes A River" leaves a deep mark, and his topicality and relevance to the present should be of paramount importance in reading such a book NOW!!!

Happy readings

Dean;)