3. Sandra’s Story: “All I Did Was Work”

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Mouth of a Shark 1
4. Part I: Leaving Home
5. 1. Luna’s Story: “I Have Rights” 17
6. 2. Ines’s Story: “I Wanted to Get Financial Support from My Kids’ Father” 29
7. 3. Sandra’s Story: “All I Did Was Work” 43
8. Part II: Border Trouble
9. 4. Isabel’s Story: “I Married a Smuggler” 59
10. 5. María’s Story: “I Don’t Care if They Are Listening. Come Back Here.” 78
11. 6. Nohely’s Story: “In Mexico the Zetas Tried to Extort Money from Us” 89
12. 7. Elisa’s Story: “In Our Family, We Have Lived Apart More Than We Have Lived Together” 101
13. Part III. Living in the United States
14. 8. The Parenting Classes: “Our Parents Don’t Tell Us That They Love Us” 111
15. 9. Rosalía’s Story: “They Don’t Like [Indigenous] People Like Us” 126
16. 10. Vania’s Story: “Who Is This Woman?” 137
17. 11. Teresa’s Story: “How Could This Happen Again?” 147
18. Conclusion 161
19. Acknowledgments 173
20. Notes 177
21. Bibliography 183
22. Index 193
23. About the Author 207