A fantastic memoir about Reyna's life both north and south of the border. As both a researcher whose work focuses on various aspects of immigrant life, and a child of immigrants myself, this book was deeply fascinating, moving, entertaining, and engaging. So many of Reyna's stories reminded me of stories I had heard as a kid, and hear from families now. As researchers interested in immigration however, we rarely hear the stories of immigrants strung together, back to back to back. This book does exactly that, from poverty in Mexico to transnational parenting, to border crossings to mixed status families to life as an undocumented student, not to mention the layers upon layers of emotional and familial complexity that develop during those social and locational shifts. Excellent read.