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Pretty impressive to write a memoir that is also an exposé of American immigrant “policy.” Hinojosa is one of my local library’s featured author lectures this season, and I’m so glad because otherwise I might not have found this book.

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4.0

I liked listening to the stories of immigration throughout the decades through a journalist’s eyes who also could relate to the people she was interviewing. I feel like I would’ve liked this book more if I had even an inkling of more journalism history under my belt, but I still was able to enjoy this nonetheless

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challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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informative inspiring

5.0

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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5.0

this book is amazing, raw, and insightful. I saw María speak at the ALA conference in DC this year and she was absolutely extraordinary and ignited a fire in everyone in the audience. Her book does the same. Pulling back the curtain of her public image and exposing her feelings of imposters syndrome and personal hardships was an eye opener and made me feel very seen. Her career as a journalist and her work on immigration and the rawness of her storytelling makes you really feel her emotions during the time. she tells our stories and i see my own family reflected in this book. This is a must read memoir.

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