Breaking Through
Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez is a poignant memoir published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2001. This edition spans 195 pages and is presented in English. In this sequel to the best-selling The Circuit, Jiménez recounts his family’s journey as immigrants facing prejudice and hardship while striving to achieve their American dream.
Readers will find a narrative that explores the challenges faced by Francisco, his mother, and his siblings as they navigate life in the United States during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The memoir delves into themes of family, resilience, and hope amidst adversity, highlighting their struggles with poverty and labor. Jiménez’s story is told with sincerity, capturing the essence of his experiences without bitterness or sentimentality, making it a significant addition to the genres of biography and cultural history.
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In this Pura Belpré Honor-winning memoir, sequel to best-selling The Circuit, Francisco Jimenez tells his timely story about immigrant prejudice, keeping hope alive when there is none and his family’s journey to achieving their American dream.
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home in California, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona.
In the months and years that follow during the late 1950s-early 1960s, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their good-heartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving, Pura Belpré Honor-winning sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness or sentimentality, Francisco Jiménez finishes telling the story of his youth.
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