{"product_id":"dreams-and-nightmares-book-liliana-velasquez-9781602359390","title":"Dreams and Nightmares","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams and Nightmares\u003c\/em\u003e appears in full color in both English and Spanish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt fourteen, Liliana Vel squez walked out of her village in Guatemala and headed for the U.S. border, alone. On her two-thousand-mile voyage she was robbed by \u003cem\u003enarcos\u003c\/em\u003e, rode the boxcars of\u003cem\u003e La Bestia\u003c\/em\u003e, and encountered death in the Sonoran Desert. When she was caught by Immigration in Arizona, she thought her journey was over. But it had just begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA los catorce a os, Liliana abandon  su pueblo en Guatemala y se dirigi  hacia la frontera de los Estados Unidos, sola. En su viaje de dos mil millas fue asaltada por los narcos, viaj  en los vagones de La Bestia y se enfrent  a la muerte en el desierto de Sonora. Cuando fue capturada por Inmigraci n en Arizona, ella pens  que su viaje hab a terminado. Pero solo acababa de empezar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhile Immigrants' stories are often told by others, Liliana shares her personal experience of vulnerability, resilience and perseverance in the face of uncertainty. She is a strong and remarkable woman.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMientras que las historias de los inmigrantes son generalmente contadas por terceros, Liliana comparte su propia historia personal, su capacidad recuperativa y su perse-verancia en medio de mucha incertidumbre. Ella es una mujer fuerte y extraordinaria.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Mar a Sotomayor, DACA recipient, Youth Organizer, Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStories like Liliana's counter the inhumane narratives that cast migrants and refugees as drug dealers and rapists, and instead offer US audiences a perspective infused with the genuine human experience of migration. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistorias como la de Liliana contradicen a las historias des-humanizantes en las que se equipara a los inmigran-tes y refugiados con narcotraficantes y violadores. La historia de Liliana ofrece al p blico estadounidense una perspectiva imbuida de una experiencia migratoria genuina-mente humana.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Aja Y. Martinez, PhD, Syracuse University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiliana's story is heartbreakingly ordinary, similar to tens of thousands of children who have fled violence, abuse, and extreme poverty, only to suffer further hardship at the hands of a US government that treats them as threats rather than child survivors of trauma.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa historia de Liliana es dolorosamente com n, similar a la de decenas de miles de ni os que han huido de la violencia, el abuso y la pobreza extrema, s lo para sufrir m s adver-sidades a manos del gobierno de los E. U. que los trata como si fueran una amenaza y no como a ni os sobre-vivientes de un trauma.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Jonathan Blazer, Advocacy and Policy Counsel for Immigrants' Rights, American Civil Liberties Union\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49761996865809,"sku":"CIN1602359393G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49794403467537,"sku":"CIN1602359393A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039221743889,"sku":"NIN9781602359390","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51719320142097,"sku":"CIN1602359393VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52450859417873,"sku":"NLS9781602359390","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1602359393.jpg?v=1751375621","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/dreams-and-nightmares-book-liliana-velasquez-9781602359390","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}