Selected Reviews of Taking Hold
"Simply written but full of beautiful details, this book should inspire every citizen of our diverse and changing world."
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鈥淔rom strawberry fields to the Ivory Tower, 糖心破解版 professor was a class act.鈥
鈥擲an Jose Mercury News
鈥溾楾aking Hold鈥 is an engaging, inspiring account of a migrant worker turned Ivy League graduate.鈥
鈥擭ew York Daily News
"There is a humble sincerity and earnest plainspokenness to Jim茅nez鈥檚 prose. His ingratiating storytelling鈥攚ho else could make these years of adulthood such a compelling read for teens?鈥攎ake us root for him to succeed."
鈥擧orn Book Magazine
"With characteristic grace and insight, [Jimenez] describes his new life in the grit and crush of Manhattan, the initial alienation of being a misfit among peers...and the strain of missing his family and girlfriend in California."
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