{"product_id":"lives-in-limbo-roberto-g-gonzales-9780520287266","title":"Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"My world seems upside down. I have grown up but I feel like I'm moving backward. And I can't do anything about it.\u003c\/i\u003e\" -Esperanza \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over two million of the nation's eleven million undocumented immigrants have lived in the United States since childhood. Due to a broken immigration system, they grow up to uncertain futures. In \u003ci\u003eLives in Limbo, \u003c\/i\u003e Roberto G. Gonzales introduces us to two groups: the college-goers, like Ricardo, who had good grades and a strong network of community support that propelled him to college and DREAM Act organizing but still landed in a factory job a few short years after graduation, and the early-exiters, like Gabriel, who failed to make meaningful connections in high school and started navigating dead-end jobs, immigration checkpoints, and a world narrowly circumscribed by legal limitations. This vivid ethnography explores why highly educated undocumented youth share similar work and life outcomes with their less-educated peers, despite the fact that higher education is touted as the path to integration and success in America. Mining the results of an extraordinary twelve-year study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eLives in Limbo \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the failures of a system that integrates children into K-12 schools but ultimately denies them the rewards of their labor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto G. Gonzales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520287266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520287266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016","brand":"Roberto G. Gonzales","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990206906623,"sku":"9780520287266","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec9b8b62-ec45-4e88-802b-559e2989e48b.jpg?v=1683303610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lives-in-limbo-roberto-g-gonzales-9780520287266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}