Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here

urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit -- Patrick Radden Keefe, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Say Nothing</i> and <i>Empire of Pain</i> Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a searing, gut-wrenching, and masterfully reportedaccount of one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twenty-first century. -- Jill Lepore, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>These Truths: A History of the United States</i> Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here is a masterpiece that everybody, everybody should read. -- Javier Zamora, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Solito</i> I really loved it. I couldn’t put it down. -- Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of <i>The Undocumented Americans</i> This book will tear your heart out . . . The main characters are drawn with the richness of great fiction. -- William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Barbarian Days</i> With rare humanity, narrative acumen, and a detective’s eye for the telling detail, Jonathan Blitzer has given the U.S.-Central American immigration crisis the epic treatment that it deserves . . . A remarkable and invaluable achievement. -- Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of <i>Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life</i> A decades-long regional tragedy plays out in riveting detail, and no one who reads Jonathan Blitzer’s marvelous new book will ever view the current headlines in quite the same way. -- Daniel Alarcón, author of <i>At Night We Walk in Circles</i> and <i>Lost City Radio</i> Everyone Who Is Gone is Here is a book about immigration of unparalleled significance: a definitive history of the human tragedy wrought by decades of flawed U.S. policies, and the rare triumph of those who outrun, outwit, and outlast them. -- Eliza Griswold, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>Amity and Prosperity</i> Powerful and deeply compelling -- Ana Raquel Minian, author of <i>In the Shadow of Liberty</i>