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Violence
A lot
Violence at the border; illegal immigration; the attack is severe
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual violence is part of the victim's ordeal
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific vulnerability of crossing the border in remote terrain; the politics of immigration in a landscape where the boundary is both physical and human
What this book is about
National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is on vacation in Big Bend National Park — the remote, dramatic Texas wilderness along the Rio Grande — when she witnesses the aftermath of a brutal attack. A woman is found near the border, badly injured, and Anna is drawn into an investigation that involves illegal immigration, the violence of the borderlands, and the specific politics of the US-Mexico boundary that runs through the park. Nevada Barr's seventeenth Anna Pigeon novel is the most directly political of the series, engaging with border immigration and the human cost of crossing in ways that are specific to the Big Bend geography.
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seventeenth Anna Pigeon novel by Nevada Barr; Big Bend / US-Mexico border setting
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