I don't know how to start putting my thoughts about this book into words. There's so much literature and fiction out there about immigration and the immigrant experience here in the US. This book immediately stands out as one of the best ones out there. Cornejo Villavicencio accomplishes so much in this short book - they succeed in painting a painful, truthful, emotional, and personal picture of the undocumented experience in this country.

I think what I love most about this book is that the author doesn't pretend to be embarking on some purely journalistic or scholarly research journey to uncover the truths about the undocumented experience. It's an opinionated, sharp, and witty telling of what the author themself has experienced throughout their own life - a recognition and portrayal of a shared traumatic experience that unfolds in different ways across the country, across different families, and across different points in time. But it demonstrates that at its roots, it is truly a shared experience that is built upon a foundation of racism, xenophobia, violence, and generational trauma that undocumented communities face.

The book beautifully written, it makes you laugh and want to cry, and it has so many moments that spark introspection. I would recommend anyone and everyone read this book and I'm sure I'll be raving about it for years to come.