Description: Linda Killian is a Washington journalist and author of 'The Swing Vote'. She is a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Linda has written for many national publications and websites and appears frequently on national television as a political analyst.
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Mazie Hirono’s journey from poor immigrant to U.S. senator
A review of "Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story" (M. Hirono, 2021) Review as published in the Washington Post on May 21, 2021
“Heart of Fire” traces Mazie Hirono’s journey from poor immigrant to U.S. senator. When Hirono writes about her childhood, her mother and family, their arrival in Hawaii from Japan, and the poverty, hardship, fear and struggle they faced, “Heart of Fire” is a revelatory, evocative, deeply moving book.