the magnet of a mother's love

For anyone who wasn't paying attention when last year's Pulitzers were handed out, I want to inform you about a spectacular piece of reporting in the Los Angeles Times, now released as a book, called Enrique's Journey. Riding atop Mexican trains, writer Sonia Nazaria courageously covered the story of the children of Latino immigrants to the United States who risk everything to try to re-connect with their mothers. Enrique's dangerous trip reaffirms, among so much else, the unique power of the mother-child bond....