Cecilia Domeyko’s “Sacrifice on the Border” Receives Raving Reviews from the Critics

“Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child” by Cecilia Domeyko is a gripping love and adventure story interwoven with the dark themes of violence, corruption, drug trafficking, and child trafficking. It follows a young Mexican mother, Yoali, as her son, Elisito, was taken away from her when they were crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S.

Guayo, Elisito’s father, told Yoali that her son drowned and died, but she did not believe it and swore to find her son wherever he was. Little did she know that her son was with Guayo’s people, pampered to be sold to the black market.

As she was actively searching for her son, Yoali met Frank, a policeman willing to risk his career to help her. Along the way, they would find friendships, treachery, goodness and malevolence, despair and magic… and also find each other.

As a singer and a songwriter, Yoali would find empathy and support from the people, which led her to become stronger as she got closer to where her son was hidden.

A review in BlueInk Review says: “The story is fast-paced, vivid, and crowded with surprises. Although too rapid scene shifts and minor figures appearing and disappearing with little impact can be confusing, the emotional depths the author reaches in describing her major characters, their personalities, motives, and, most of all, humanity make for an impressive novel.”

Another review publication Kirkus Reviews commented: “The well-developed cast boasts a variety of backgrounds and traits.” The review company also has something to say about the large cast, “There’s so much going on with the large assortment of characters that subplots occasionally sideline the main thrust of the narrative – saving Elisito—and diminish the sense of urgency. Still, the complications are diverting, and the author even squeezes in two romances—one that readers will see coming and another that’s wonderfully understated.”

“The prose is direct but effective,” Leah Block from Foreword Reviews opined: “The book’s constant action, plot twists, and gruesome violence hold attention to the end.”

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“Sacrifice on the Border: A Mother Searches for Her Stolen Child”
Author: Cecilia Domeyko
Publisher: Editorial Akeru Publicaciones
Published date: February 9, 2020
Kindle: $9.49

Author’s Biography

Cecilia Domeyko was born in Chile and spent her childhood traveling to various parts of the world with her diplomat parents. She began her career as a foreign correspondent in Washington, DC writing for Latin American magazines and newspapers. She turned to filmmaking, producing documentaries about human rights, and the rights of women. Her work has aired in the US on PBS and Univision, and internationally on ABC Australia and Canal Plus. Her series of fiction programs for television aired on CNN-español in 18 Latin American countries and nationally in the US on Univision and Telemundo.

Her novel “Sacrifice on the Border” tells the story of Yoali, a woman whose toddler is stolen when she crosses the border into the U.S. While fiction, the story is based on Cecilia’s research into the plight of migrant families and talks about the issue of child trafficking on the border.

A love and adventure story rolled into one, the characters each tell their own version of events, moving the storyline forward to the heartrending finale.

The novel had its first launch in Miami, Florida at Altamira Books in October of 2017. A second launch took place at the Embassy of Chile in Washington, DC on November 14, 2019.

Cecilia Domeyko lives in Washington, DC, and her Spanish version of the novel is available for purchase online.

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