Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas

Roberto Lovato's memoir Unforgetting is a powerful exploration of the interconnectedness of love,terror,and violence between El Salvador and the United States,based on his own experiences growing up in San Francisco and joining the guerilla movement in El Salvador. Lovato's father,Ramón, was a survivor of extreme poverty and violence,and his experiences had a profound impact on his son. Unforgetting weaves together Lovato's personal story with first-hand reportage on gang life,state violence,and the immigration crisis,making the political personal and revealing the cyclical ways violence operates in our homes and societies.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 14 October 2021
\n Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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An LA Times Best Book of the Year, a New York Times Editors Pick, a Newsweek 25 Best Fall Books, and a The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year, Roberto Lovato's memoir is a powerful and captivating exploration of the complex relationship between El Salvador and the United States. With the artistry of a poet and the intensity of a revolutionary, Lovato untangles the tightly knit skein of love and terror that connects these two countries.

"An urgent, no-holds-barred tale of gang life, guerrilla warfare, intergenerational trauma, and interconnected violence between the United States and El Salvador, Roberto Lovato's memoir excavates family history and reveals the intimate stories beneath headlines about gang violence and mass Central American migration, one of the most important, yet least-understood humanitarian crises of our time—and one in which the perspectives of Central Americans in the United States have been silenced and forgotten."

The child of Salvadoran immigrants, Lovato grew up in 1970s and 80s San Francisco as MS-13 and other notorious Salvadoran gangs were forming in California. In his teens, he lost friends to the escalating violence and survived acts of brutality himself. He eventually traded the violence of the streets for human rights advocacy in wartime El Salvador, where he joined the guerilla movement against the U.S.-backed, fascist military government responsible for some of the most barbaric massacres and crimes against humanity in recent history.

Roberto returned from war-torn El Salvador to find the United States on the verge of unprecedented crises of its own. There, he channeled his own pain into activism and journalism, focusing his attention on how trauma affects individual lives and societies and began the difficult journey of healing and reconciliation.

Lovato's memoir is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of storytelling to bridge gaps and heal wounds. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex history and current challenges facing Central America and the United States.

\n Weight: 264g\n
Dimension: 134 x 203 x 25 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780062938527\n \n