LEADER 01057pam 2200169 a 4500
001 893771
005 20181210092822.0
008 181226s2017 nyu g 000 0 eng d
020 $a9780525509714 (pbk.) :$cNT$595
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
041 0 $aeng
082 04$a813.6$222
100 1 $aMbue, Imbolo.
245 10$aBehold the dreamers :$ba novel /$cImbolo Mbue.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bRandom House,$cc2017.
300 $a397 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOprah's book club.$n2017 selection.
500 $aIncludes readers guide.
520 $aIn the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help. But in the course of their work, Jende and Neni begin to witness infidelities, skirmishes, and family secrets. Then, with the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever, and the Jongas must decide whether to continue fighting to stay in a recession-ravaged America or give up and return home to Cameroon.
650 0$aCameroonians$zUnited States$vFiction.
650 0$aImmigrants$zUnited States$vFiction.
650 0$aUpper class$zUnited States$vFiction.
650 0$aFamilies$vFiction.
650 0$aFamily secrets$vFiction.
650 0$aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009$vFiction.