u003cbu003eA REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT u003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBESTSELLERu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003eu003cbu003e“A knockout of a novel…we predict [u003ciu003eInfinite Countryu003c/iu003e] will be viewed as one of 2021’s best.” —u003ciu003eO, The Oprah Magazineu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 from u003ciu003eEsquireu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eO, The Oprah Magazine, Elle, GMA, New York Post, Ms. Magazine, The Millionsu003c/iu003e,u003ciu003e Electric Literature, LitHubu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eAARPu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eRefinery29, BuzzFeedu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eAutostraddleu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eShe Readsu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eAlmau003c/iu003e, and more.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003ciu003eI often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country.u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eTalia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro’s deportation and the family’s splintering—the costs they’ve all been living with ever since.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, gives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. And all the while, the metronome ticks: Will Talia make it to Bogotá in time? And if she does, can she bring herself to trade the solid facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in America?u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Rich with Bogotá urban life, steeped in Andean myth, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America, u003ciu003eInfinite Country u003c/iu003eis the story of two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regret, and every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred.
