Behold the Dreamers

by Imbolo Mbue | Audiobooks |
ISBN: 9780147523099 Global Overview for this book
Registered by indygo88 of Lafayette, Indiana USA on 8/2/2012
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Journal Entry 1 by indygo88 from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Thursday, August 2, 2012
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"Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty—and Jende is eager to please. Clark’s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses’ summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.

However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers’ façades.

When the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Jongas are desperate to keep Jende’s job—even as their marriage threatens to fall apart. As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice."

Acquired via PaperBackSwap. (Unabridged on 10 CDs; read by Prentice Onayemi)

Journal Entry 2 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, March 4, 2023
Jende Jonga and his wife & son immigrate to New York City from their home country of Cameroon, hoping to find a better life for themselves. Jende lands a job as a chauffeur for a Lehman Brothers executive, while his wife Neni also works a job and studies in the hopes of becoming a pharmacist. Things are relatively good. But then Lehman Brothers collapses, and so, seemingly, does the happiness and welfare of the Jonga family.

This was not a bad books by any means. It was enlightening in some ways, but also very sad. But as a story, it felt...underwhelming? It just didn't really ever grab me. The ending was not necessarily predictable or a storybook ending, but it was realistic, which is what I liked about it. Sometimes things don't end up the way you think they will. But that's real life.

Journal Entry 3 by indygo88 at Lafayette, Indiana USA on Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Placing into an audio bookbox....

Journal Entry 4 by rhythmbiscuit at Northglenn, Colorado USA on Thursday, August 3, 2023
This book came back to me in the recent round of HI77’s Audio Bookbox. Thank you for playing!

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