Cristina Henríquez
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The United States
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July 2023
The Book of Unknown Americans
29 editions
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published
2014
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The Great Divide
16 editions
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published
2024
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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
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14 editions
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2008
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The World in Half
12 editions
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2009
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The Summer House
2 editions
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2021
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Come Together, Fall Apart
15 editions
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2006
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“We're the unknown Americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they've been told they're supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we're not that bad, maybe even that we're a lot like them. And who would they hate then?”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
“I felt the way I often felt in this country - simultaneously conspicuous and invisible, like an oddity whom everyone noticed but chose to ignore”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
“You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.”
― The Book of Unknown Americans
― The Book of Unknown Americans
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