Margaret Regan's The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands has been praised as, "A keen-eyed perspective of how questionable public policy has resulted in far too much preventable loss of life," (Midwest Book Review) and, "A humane, sensitive, and informative perspective on a current and controversial topic" (Ana Castillo, author of The Guardians). 

The book has been chosen as this year's Common Read by the Unitarian-Universalist Association, and a reader's guide is available on Beacon.org.  Read an excerpt below or at Scribd and get talking about the human stories behind the contentious issue of undocumented immigration. 

You can also read these previous posts at Beacon Broadside by author Margaret Regan, or browse all of our posts on immigration.

A Shallow Grave in the Desert

Fourth of July in the Borderlands: Praying for Rain

An Unsolved Murder, A Wave of Hysteria, and Deaths in the Desert

The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands