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Illegal: a true story of love, revolution and crossing borders

Illegal: a true story of love, revolution and crossing borders - Paperback

by John Dennehy
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Availability:In StockContributor:John DennehyPublish date:2017-08-01Pages:236
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cotopaxi PublishingISBN-13:9780999185209ISBN-10:999185209UPC:9780999185209Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Social ActivistsSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCPRY8W8BD

Illegal tells the true story of love and deception, revolutions and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. Na ve New Yorker, Dennehy refuses to be part of the feverish nationalism of post 9/11 America. His search for hope takes him to Ecuador, where he falls in love with firebrand Lucia, who perfects his broken Spanish while they find solidarity in the brewing social upheaval. Amid the unrest, Dennehy is arrested and deported to the United States but he has found something worth fighting for.

A raw account of a young American abroad grasping for meaning, this pulsating story of violent protests, illegal border crossings and loss of innocence raises questions about the futility of borders and the irresistible power of nationalism.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Cotopaxi PublishingISBN-13:9780999185209ISBN-10:999185209UPC:9780999185209Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Social ActivistsSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCPRY8W8BD
Dennehy, John: - John Dennehy grew up in New York but left the country when George Bush was reelected. For six years he lived in the developing world before returning to New York where he works for the United Nations. He has an MA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of East Anglia (England) and is frequently published in places such as VICE, The Guardian, Narratively and The Diplomat. This is his first book.
Publisher: Cotopaxi Publishing

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