The Story of an Immigrant Girl Overcoming the Odds, a public servant whose commitment to help the most vulnerable is grounded in her own experiences, and a woman coming into her power over the course of a lifetime, Heart of Fire is the intimate and inspiring memoir of Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American women and the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate. Born in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother, Laura, left her abusive husband and brought her children to Hawaii, crossing the Pacific in steerage in search of a better life. While working multiple jobs to keep the family afloat, Laura instilled in her daughter quiet determination and steely resilience-qualities that would serve Mazie well as she entered the boys' club of Hawaii politics, shed dated expectations of women, and, finally, was elected to Congress, where she would become one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration. Deeply moving and utterly absorbing, Heart of Fire is the story of a uniquely American journey, told by one of those fighting hardest to ensure that such a story is still possible. Book jacket.