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02452aam a22003618i 4500 001 8948D74C521C11EABD5E271197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200218010123 008 191018s2020 meu d 000 0 eng 010 $a 2019042691 020 $a 1432873164 020 $a 9781432873165 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ir--- 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Nayeri, Dina. 245 14 $a The ungrateful refugee : $h [large print] / $b what immigrants never tell you / $c by Dina Nayeri. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 525 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "What is it like to be a refugee? It is a question many of us do not give much thought to, and yet there are more than 25 million refugees in the world. Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement. In these pages, a couple fall in love over the phone, and women gather to prepare the noodles that remind them of home. A closeted queer man tries to make his case truthfully as he seeks asylum, and a translator attempts to help new arrivals present their stories to officials. Nayeri confronts notions like "the swarm," and, on the other hand, "good" immigrants. She calls attention to the harmful way in which Western governments privilege certain dangers over others. With surprising and provocative questions,The Ungrateful Refugee challenges us to rethink how we talk about the refugee crisis"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Nayeri, Dina $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Refugee children $z Iran. 650 0 $a Refugee children $x Social conditions. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 650 $a Large type books. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20230506010201.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200303015028.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20200218011856.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8948D74C521C11EABD5E271197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search