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alciewms's review against another edition
4.0
An engaging collection of essays about why and how we move from one place to another. It's a timely offering, as we endure a period of world history where people have a discouraging tendency to identify as "other," rather than as "we." I found it comforting to read about another person's efforts to define and defy her own privilege while I work to do the same.
charles_t's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. This would be a pretty good memoir maybe even worth four stars after some editing and reframing. But it was framed as bringing attention to the stories of immigrants. Baker received a grant to do just that in writing this book. But most time is spent on her life and how she thought of herself as a migrant or as a force for good or empathetic to certain groups, but recognized privilege. What really annoys me is that she frets over her own privilege while writing about herself and her relation to migration rather than focusing on the Chattanoogan immigrant community, which is what she frames this book as a bout.
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