Dear America - Notes of an Undocumented Citizen could be a great read for those looking to learn about the personal struggles and identity crisis undocumented immigrants face. This memoir offers a unique and heartfelt perspective from Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas, who himself is an undocumented immigrant. Readers will gain insight into the challenges of being undocumented and the psychological toll it takes to constantly hide from the government. This book is a timely and necessary reminder of the human cost of the politics of immigration and an urgent call to action.

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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER “This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.”    — Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow “l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins “This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.” — Dave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms. “This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at its core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home. After 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.” —Jose Antonio Vargas, from  Dear America

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