The Rise of Marco Rubio
"Excellent... nuanced... It's a complex tale thoroughly reported to the point that Roig-Franzia dug up a 50-year-old recording of the immigration hearing of Rubio's grandfather, nearly deported from America a decade before Rubio was born,"The Tampa Bay Times, Adam C. Smith."Roig-Franzia's unauthorized biography paints a picture of a politician torn between the overtures expected of a Hispanic politician and the demands of a conservative base that made him its darling,"the Washington Post."Roig-Franzia penned "The Rise of Marco Rubio," the Rubio biography slated for release in June that made public a new version of the Rubio family history. The revelation marks the second time that the reporter has reshaped the public's understanding of Rubio, his family and their immigration experience,"Huffington Post. "An indispensable Rubio guidebook... relentlessly fair and balanced," The Weekly Standard's Andrew Ferguson"Readers in search of an in-depth and unbiased look at the young, dynamic Republican senator from Florida will be rewarded by this well-researched biography... the writing here is crisp and the research thorough." -- Publisher's Weekly.“A solid, well-written, anecdote-filled political biography.”—Kirkus Reviews“A penetrating look at a rising political star.”—Booklist