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A Salvadoran American’s memoir ‘comes full circle’ on a family history of violence, struggle

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Roberto Lovato’s new memoir traces his family’s history between El Salvador and the United States, examining intergenerational trauma and political forces that shape his own family’s story as well as those of tens of thousands of Salvadorans who have fled violence and warfare.