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Author:

Mbue, Imbolo, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015021216 author.

Title:

Behold the dreamers : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.

Edition:

large print edition.

Publisher:

Gale,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

603 p. 22 cm.

Subject:

Cameroonians--Fiction.--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.--Fiction.
Upper class--Fiction.--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help. But in the course of their work, Jende and Neni begin to witness infidelities, skirmishes, and family secrets. Then, with the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever, and the Jongas must decide whether to continue fighting to stay in a recession-ravaged America or give up and return home to Cameroon.

ISBN:

143284539X
9781432845391

OCLC:

(OCoLC)928959501

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)