Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Mouth of a Shark -- Part I: Leaving Home -- 1. Luna's Story: "I Have Rights -- 2. Ines's Story: "I Wanted to Get Financial Support from My Kids' Father -- 3. Sandra's Story: "All I Did Was Work -- Part II: Border Trouble -- 4. Isabel's Story: "I Married a Smuggler -- 5. María's Story: "I Don't Care if They Are Listening. Come Back Here -- 6. Nohely's Story: "In Mexico the Zetas Tried to Extort Money from Us -- 7. Elisa's Story: "In Our Family, We Have Lived Apart More Than We Have Lived Together -- Part III. Living in the United States -- 8. The Parenting Classes: "Our Parents Don't Tell Us That They Love Us -- 9. Rosalía's Story: "They Don't Like [Indigenous] People Like Us -- 10. Vania's Story: "Who Is This Woman? -- 11. Teresa's Story: "How Could This Happen Again? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author