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Title:
Behold the dreamers : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.
Author:
Mbue, Imbolo, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Inc, [2017]

©2016
Call Number:
PS3613.B84 B44 2017
Abstract:
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:
9780525509714

9780525510116
Series:
Random House reader's circle

Reader's circle (Random House (Firm))
Physical Description:
397 pages ; 21 cm.
General Note:
"Oprah's book club, 2017 selection."-- Cover.

Includes readers guide (pages 389-397).
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