Unveiling Secrets: Claudia Castro Luna Reveals the Hidden Story Behind The Flowers Along the Way
I was completely taken by the first paragraph, not only for its evocative quality, but also by how she bridges the past and the present through the juxtaposition of a terrible incident and a treasured childhood memory. The chapters go back and forth in time: she writes about El Salvador’s political unrest from the vantage point of a young girl and then looks back on life from her position as a U.S. immigrant, a new wife, a mother, and a blossoming writer.
But to say this book is about fleeing war would be reductive. It is a book about family, about life in El Salvador, about straddling continents, cultures, and languages, and about adapting to life in a new country while facing the hurt of exile. What comes through in these pages is not only Claudia’s astute political awareness, but her warm and captivating personality, her love for people and community, and above all, the tenderness with which she recounts the days of her girlhood, as lush and beautiful as El Salvador. On a sunny afternoon, Claudia joined me on Zoom from her home in Tacoma, Washington.
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