In this New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American Marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and the many landscapes of the Americas (Catriona Menzies-Pike, author of The Long Run ).
Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mot.
In this New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American Marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and the many landscapes of the Americas (Catriona Menzies-Pike, author of The Long Run )