The star of Orange Is the New Black and Jane the Virgin presents her
personal story of the real plight of undocumented immigrants in this
country.
Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange Is the
New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just 14 years old on the day her
parents were detained and deported while she was at school. Born in the
US, Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her
education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in
and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself,
without the support system of her family.
In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's
extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of
undocumented residents in this country. There are over 11 million
undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen
children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories
haven't been told.
Written with best-selling author Michelle Burford, this memoir is a tale
of personal triumph that also casts a much-needed light on the fears
that haunt the daily existence of families like the author's and on a
system that fails them over and over.
