Immigration is the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country (Dictionary.com). In other words, it means leaving one life someplace else to start a new one in a different place. In Cristina Henríquez’s novel, The Book of Unknown Americans, all of the characters have emigrated to United States of America from different countries. They all have left their past lives, some being good and others horrible, to start a new “better” life in the United State. Each of the character throughout the novel faces new challenges; however, Alma Rivera has faced the most in this novel.
Alma had a perfect life in Mexico. She had a great deal of food, a happy, loving family, and enough money to not have to live off each paycheck that comes from