Immigrant Stories/World Culture

 

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1. Americanah

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Author:
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
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"A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected"--

2. The best we could do: an illustrated memoir

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Author:
Bui, Thi
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Duraleigh Road - Graphic Novels has 2
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Graphic Novels has 2
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Graphic Novels
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The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.

3. Exit west: a novel

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Author:
Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-
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"From the internationally bestselling author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, a love story that unfolds in a world being irrevocably transformed by migration. In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet--sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, thrust into premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it...

4. This land is our land: an immigrant's manifesto

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Author:
Mehta, Suketu
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East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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Leesville Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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"An argument for why the United States and the West should accept more immigrants, and would benefit from doing so."

5. The ungrateful refugee: what immigrants never tell you

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Nayeri, Dina
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Athens Drive Community - Adult Non-Fiction
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
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In her first work of nonfiction, winner of the 2018 UNESCO City of Literature Paul Engle Prize Dina Nayeri ... examines what it means to be a refugee through her own story of childhood escape from Iran, and through the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers.