Penelope Alegrias Milagro is a retracing of parental lineage a recount of the stories that course through the veins of family. The collection examines the effects of immigration from the perspective of both the immigrant and the immigrants child investigating how the act of leaving reverbrates through generations. These poems echoe with fondness and longing with love and sacrifice that reflects the firstgeneration Americans struggle to belong. Alegria writes about uncles Peruvian cuisine and fi