“Lovely…Compelling…An intimate portrait of the transactional nature of marriage and the economics of both womanhood and citizenship, one all too familiar to many first-generation Americans.”──The New York Times Book Review
“Poignant…In nimble prose, Cruz animates the simultaneous reluctance and vivacity that define her main character as she attempts to balance filial duty with personal fulfillment, and contends with leaving one home to build another that is both for herself and for her family.”──The New Yorker
"Triumphant...The journey of Ana Canción is one of the most evocative and empowering immigrant stories of our time."──NBC
“Ana’s engrossing, lyrically told story illuminates both the pain and the potential triumph of the immigrant experience.”──People
“Sensational…At once tender, musical, and electric, this novel meditates on how immigrations shapes lives, from both without and within.”──Esquire
“The heroine of this wondrous fish-out-of-water story tries to hold steady, knowing ‘a well-placed rock in a river changes the current.'” ──O, the Oprah Magazine