A Judge's Commentary on Portrait of a Young Woman from the 18th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards:"There's a great attention to detail here--the settings are very easy to imagine and Marissa's travels come across vividly. I especially like the characters that compose her new family (both related and not related) in the Philippines. Their cheerful resignation to their hardships and their optimism seem to define a culture very different from that of the reader. Tinoy is excellent as a sort of negligent, selfish villain who lacks the energy or the malice for anything other than the opportunities that happen to come his way. He is believable as an opportunist, who unknowingly (and uncaringly) damages the lives of others. Without seeming to lecture, the novel teaches us quite a bit about another culture, and something of we might not have known about US history...the text has a very distinctive voice, which makes it memorable."
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