 Nina Sichel, born in the U.S. and raised in Venezuela, is a writer, former editor and ESL teacher.The literary review "Booklist" said that writings in the book "including that by Isabel Allende, Ariel Dorfman, and Tara Bahrampour, and military brat Pat Conroy speak eloquently about the pain and also the riches of the search for home".The same review was also somewhat critical of the wistful tone of some of the other writers.