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[Vargas] personifies the courage and patriotism of the immigrants who now face a cruel deportation dragnet from an administration blind to their vast contributions to our country. -- Nancy Pelosi, minority leader, US House of Representatives, praise for the author Vargas...considers what it means to be American and how it feels when you are considered alien in your own home. -- Library Journal With openness and informed approachability, award-winning journalist Vargas recounts his complex life as an undocumented Filipino-American...resulting in a listen that is brief but impactful, trenchant yet inviting. -- American Library Association (audio review) The pressing question that emerges from these pages...[is] whether we, as a nation, deserve the bravery and generosity of spirit that he offers us with an open heart and mind. -- Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author Vargas' eloquent and emotional book...needs to be heard by all Americans, whether they are Americans by birth or by choice. -- Sheryl Sandberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author This is a book for our times. Read it, feel it at a gut level, and go beyond the noise of hate politics. -- Amy Tan, #1 NewYork Times bestselling author

This is a book for our times. Read it, feel it at a gut level, and go beyond the noise of hate politics. -- Amy Tan, #1 NewYork Times bestselling author Vargas' eloquent and emotional book...needs to be heard by all Americans, whether they are Americans by birth or by choice. -- Sheryl Sandberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author The pressing question that emerges from these pages...[is] whether we, as a nation, deserve the bravery and generosity of spirit that he offers us with an open heart and mind. -- Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author With openness and informed approachability, award-winning journalist Vargas recounts his complex life as an undocumented Filipino-American...resulting in a listen that is brief but impactful, trenchant yet inviting. -- American Library Association (audio review) Vargas...considers what it means to be American and how it feels when you are considered alien in your own home. -- Library Journal [Vargas] personifies the courage and patriotism of the immigrants who now face a cruel deportation dragnet from an administration blind to their vast contributions to our country. -- Nancy Pelosi, minority leader, US House of Representatives, praise for the author

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Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and filmmaker, is the founder and CEO of the non-profit Define American. His work has appeared internationally in TIME, as well as in the San Francisco Chronicle, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post, where he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a reporting team. In 2014, he received the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA. He directed the documentary feature Documented and MTV special White People, which was nominated for an Emmy Award. An elementary school named after him will open in his hometown of Mountain View, California in 2019.

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