Description: An account of the author's six-month journey from one end of Chile to the other. Her odyssey included Christmas Day spent with a llama sandwich on the Tropic of Capricorn, a sex hotel in the capital, and a trip around Cape Horn on a supply boat delivering a coffin.
Review Quotes: "LIKE FAMILY "isn't written to shock. McLain tells about horrors gently, edging toward them through the vivid and universal landscape of childhood, with its intense sensations its pleasures of taste, sight, and smell."