The book's seemingly ordinary images and descriptions actually represent a disadvantaged group's determined struggle for self-empowerment. Those who turn to this book hoping to find the "typical" Filipino migrant-worker experience will be disappointed.
儘管本書是移工的自我表述，但如果讀者希望在書裡看到刻板化的悲情移工形象，那恐怕要失望了。