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Book SynopsisAfter a decade of chasing stories around the globe, travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest followed the magnetic pull home - only to discover that her native South Texas had been radically transformed. In this book she weaves seven years of stories into a meditation on the existential impact of international borderlines.
Trade ReviewOffers much more than just a very smart and companionable tour of the country's ragged edges. It offers a model for how a curious person, any person who is sufficiently interested, can begin to navigate the boundaries that compartmentalize our country, and ourselves, toward wholeness." - Brad Tyer,
Texas Observer"Some books that you read affect you emotionally because you insert yourself into the story and partially absorb the plotline. Other books can change your destiny […. ] Such is the work combining all of the above by Stephanie Elizondo Griest in
All the Agents and Saints." - Charles Kader,
Indian Country News Media"An exploration of the borderlands that deftly mixes memoir, groundbreaking sociology, deep reporting, and compelling writing. . . . Demonstrates unforgettably that national borders constitute much more than lines on a map." -
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Elizondo Griest glimpses the modern immigrant experience through the lives of people who live in more than one culture. . . . Wrestles with profound questions of identity and belonging in a constantly shifting and increasingly unstable world." -
Publishers Weekly
