Based on the Los Angeles Times series that won two Pulitzer Prizes, this is a timeless story of families torn apart. When Enrique was five, his mother, too poor to feed her children, left Honduras to work in the United States. The move allowed her to send money back home so Enrique could eat better and go to school past the third grade. She promised she would return quickly, but she struggled in America. Without her, he became lonely and troubled....

Chronicles the rise of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez through the professional boxing ranks to number one contender for the World Championship when the U.S. government enacted two tough immigration laws that ordered the immediate deportation of all non-U.S. citizens with a criminal conviction. Despite his clear rehabilitation Jesus, with a prior conviction for armed robbery, was deported to Mexico.

Sonia Nazario, zdobywczyni Nagrody Pulitzera, stworzyła niezwykłą książkę - reportaż o miłości, która nie zna granic. Opowiada w niej historię Enrique - honduraskiego chłopca odbywającego samotną, niebezpieczną podróż w poszukiwaniu pracującej w Stanach Zjednoczonych matki. Autorka, opuściła swój dom na wiele miesięcy i przemierzyła setki kilometrów na dachach pociągów towarowych, aby jak najwierniej odtworzyć niebezpieczeństwa,...