Kind of Kin

<p>With the passing of a new state law it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma. So when Robert John Brown a churchgoing family man and respected community member is caught hiding a barnful of migrant workers with no papers he is arrested and sent to prison. Meanwhile his ten-year-old grandson Dustin tries to help the sole escapee of the raid reunite with his family and his granddaughter Misty is struggling to raise her daughter alone after her husband an undocumented immigrant himself has been deported. Then there's Brown's daughter Sweet who finds her life unraveling: her father is refusing to speak in court to defend himself her nephew is missing her niece is in need of shelter and the stress of it all is destroying her marriage.</p><p>Rilla Askew's brilliant hilarious and heartfelt novel follows a handful of complicated lawmakers and lawbreakers as workers are exiled friends turn informers and families are torn apart in a statewide exodus of Hispanics. In the end <em>Kind of Kin</em> reveals how an ad hoc family and an entire town will unite to do anything necessary to protect its own.</p>