From South America with Love: AN IMMIGRANT’S JOURNEY THROUGH SERVICE IDENTITY AND HOME

WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO TRY AND BELONG TO A COUNTRY YOU HAD TO LEARN-WORD BY WORD, RULE BY RULE, EXPECTATION BY EXPECTATION?BORN IN COLOMBIA, CARLOS CURRY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES WITH LITTLE ENGLISH AND NO SAFETY NET. AS HE NAVIGATED THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND AMERICAN CULTURE, HE DISCOVERED THAT LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY OFTEN COME AT A PERSONAL COST.FROM SOUTH AMERICA WITH LOVE ISN'T JUST A MEMOIR; IT'S A RAW, UNFLINCHING LOOK AT THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE AND THE HIDDEN COSTS OF BELONGING. THROUGH MOMENTS OF HUMOR, FRUSTRATION, AND PROFOUND LOSS, CURRY CHALLENGES READERS TO CONFRONT THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY, SERVICE, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY BELONG.FOR THOSE WHO CRAVE AUTHENTIC, NO-HOLDS-BARRED STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND IDENTITY, THIS MEMOIR PULLS NO PUNCHES.