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Author:

Adjapon, Bisi, author.

Title:

Daughter in exile : a novel / Bisi Adjapon.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

HarperViaan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

395 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Illegal immigration--United States--Fiction.
Immigrants--United States--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Senegal--Fiction.
United States--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

"At twenty-one, life in Senegal couldn't be better for Lola. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana who endeavors to keep her anchored to home, disapproves of her choice. Against her mother's wishes, Lola plans a future with Armand in America. But nothing is as simple as it seems. In fact, the young African graduate has no idea that her real journey is just beginning: she has traded her care-free life in Senegal for the perilous existence of an undocumented immigrant in America, a life featuring a darkly comic catalog of Dickensian characters, not to mention a fundamentalist church. Harrowing, eye-opening, and utterly unforgettable, Daughter in Exile is a story about motherhood, love and what defines us all"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0063089025 (hardcover)
9780063089020

LCCN:

2022037626

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)