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The line becomes a river dispatches from the border thorndike press large print popular and narrative nonfiction library binding large print july 11 2018 by francisco cantu author. The line becomes a river lays bare in damning light the casual brutality of the system how unjust laws and private prisons and a militarized border have shattered families and mocked americas myths about itself new york times book review. A story that encompasses the two sides of the border the people who cross the border searching for the american dream and the people whose job it is to apply the law in order to secure that border as a border patrol agent he is in the front line of this saga witnessing firsthand the desperation and determination of the migrants who risk . Named a top 10 book of 2018 by npr and the washington postwinner of the los angeles times book prize in current interestfinalist for the national book critics circle nonfiction awardthe instant new york times bestseller a must read for anyone who thinks build a wall is the answer to anything esquirefor francisco cantu the border is in the blood his mother a park ranger and daught. Finalist for the national book critics circle nonfiction award the instant new york times bestseller a must read for anyone who thinks build a wall is the answer to anything esquire for francisco cantu the border is in the blood his mother a park ranger and daughter of a mexican immigrant raised him in the scrublands of the southwest