In this book, the renowned Mexican journalist, León Krauze presents a charming Mosaic: fifty stories of people, fifty lives that portray the experience of migrating to the United States and the battle to achieve a better life. Inspired by conversations, spontaneous and candid, in the successful television segment 'La Mesa,' which has broken ratings on Univisión records, Krauze revives the tales of those who have had the courage to emigrate, leaving behind not only part of their hearts, but sometimes their entire lives. "Inspirado en las conversaciones espontáneas y francas de su exitoso segmento televisivo La Mesa, León Krauze presenta un mosaico entranable: cincuenta historias de nuestra gente que retratan la experiencia del inmigrante en Estados Unidos y la batalla por alcanzar una vida mejor.""--Alibris.