... Hinojosa embraces her whole self to offer an evocative portrayal of her experiences as women of color in an industry where whiteness is still a factor in determining who gets first dibs on opportunities that pave the way to the top.

Hinojosa offers a searing, clear-eyed account of growing up in America after she emigrated from Mexico as an infant. Weaving her own life story with key milestones in U.S. immigration history, she produces a brave examination of the United States’ shortcomings.

Hinojosa’s writing is often workmanlike (readers should not come to this book for the pretty prose) but her overall story is compelling, not only for its ability to convey her own life as a survivor of rape and one of the only Latinas in the room during her career, but also in its ability to humanize the history of immigration.

... illuminating reading in many respects.

... extraordinary.

... formidable.

... a defiant memoir that probes family lore, public policy, and mainstream media bias.