{"product_id":"the-death-and-life-of-aida-hernandez-a-border-story","title":"The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez: A Border Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of Esquires 50 Best Biographies of All Time  Winner of the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award  Winner of the 2020 Washington State Book Award  Named a 2019 Southwest Book of the Year  Shortlisted for the 2019 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize  What happens when an undocumented teen mother takes on the U.S. immigration system?  When Aida Hernandez was born in 1987 in Agua Prieta  Mexico  the nearby U.S. border was little more than a worn-down fence. Eight years later  Aidas mother took her and her siblings to live in Douglas  Arizona. By then  the border had become one of the most heavily policed sites in America.  Undocumented  Aida fought to make her way. She learned English  watched Friends  and  after having a baby at sixteen  dreamed of teaching dance and moving with her son to New York City. But life had other plans. Following a misstep that led to her deportation  Aida found herself in a Mexican city marked by violence  in a country that was not hers. To get back to the United States and reunite with her son  she embarked on a harrowing journey. The daughter of a rebel hero from the mountains of Chihuahua  Aida has a genius for survivalbut returning to the United States was just the beginning of her quest.  Taking us into detention centers  immigration courts  and the inner lives of Aida and other daring characters  The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez reveals the human consequences of militarizing what was once a more forgiving border. With emotional force and narrative suspense  Aaron Bobrow-Strain brings us into the heart of a violently unequal America. He also shows us that the heroes of our current immigration wars are less likely to be perfect paragons of virtue than complex  flawed human beings who deserve justice and empathy all the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966527139893,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374191972","price":27.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374191979.jpg?v=1770566751","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-death-and-life-of-aida-hernandez-a-border-story","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}