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Behold the dreamers / Imbol Mbue.

Mbue, Imbolo, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781410494412 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1410494411 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 605 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: Large print edition.
  • Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.

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Summary, etc.:
When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't as cushy and above board as Jende expected. Clark's long hours at the office and frequent late-night "appointments" at the Chelsea Hotel raise red flags with his wife, Cindy. When Neni agrees to accompany the Edwards family to Southampton as a temporary nanny for their youngest son, she learns far more than she bargained for about Cindy's fragile mental state. Before long, the pressure of keeping what they know about Clark and Cindy -- and the threat of deportation -- becomes too much for the Jongas to bear, threatening the stability of their marriage and their ability to remain in a country they still can't call home.
Subject: Cameroonians > United States > Fiction.
Immigrant families > United States > Fiction.
Upper class families > United States > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Fiction.
Large type books.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown LP FIC MBUE (Text) 34014139750013 Adult Large Type Available -
Killingworth Library Association LP FIC MBU (Text) 33420145038304 Adult Large Type Available -
Ridgefield Library LP FIC MBUE (Text)
Tribute: Made possible through a generous legacy gift from Aline Lawrence
34010142092120 Adult Fiction Large Type Available -
Thomaston Public Library LP FIC MBUE (Text) 34020137769236 Adult Large Type Available -

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