The chance to reunite with his parents after years of painful separation brought 9-year-old Javier Zamora 3,000 miles from El Salvador to the Unites States, with perils that defied his imagination and challenged his endurance. The experience unfolds in his poignant memoir Solito, which he will discuss at two upcoming Ocean County Library Virtual Author talks.
Zamora will conduct a talk in Spanish on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. and another in English on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m.
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