Book Review - Tell Me How It Ends, An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
(You can read the Danish version here: http://atlasmag.dk/kultur/bøger/fortæl-mig-hvordan-det-ender ) There’s something about children that often seem to bring into relief the extreme hypocrisies that we adults learn to tacitly accept in our society. There’s something about the angle of their focus, their oftentimes fresh perspectives that can often highlight the complicated deceptions and contradictions too many of us accept without ever even realizing it. Children sometimes have the power to awaken us to the realities at hand – and they can often inspire us to demand better from this world. Valeria Luiselli’s uses this catalyst to great effect in her latest book, entitled Tell Me How it Ends, An Essay in Forty Questions (4 th Estate, London, UK. 2017). The “Tell Me How It Ends” part happens to be the common refrain of her daughter whenever Luiselli tells her about the cases of the undocumented, unaccompanied minors that she volunteers to help in the New York City...