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About In the Country We Love
In the Country We Love is a memoir by American actress Diane Guerrero. The book, first published in 2016, follows Guerrero's upbringing in Boston, Massachusetts, where she was raised by two parents who were undocumented immigrants from Colombia. At the age of 14, upon arriving home from school, Guerrero discovered that her parents and older brother had been detained and were eventually deported back to Colombia. Guerrero, who was born in the United States and is an American citizen, stayed in Boston to finish high school, living with various friends and relatives.
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