This name has been croppping up a lot recently; it is new to me and I was happy to find this in my favourite bookshop.

Very impressed by this writer; I could not put the book down.

Jende and his wife Neni are a vey sympathetic and hardworking couple from Cameroon trying to make a future for themselves in New York, while Neni studies with the intention of becoming a pharmacist. Jende finds a job as chauffeur for Clark Edwards, who works for Lehman Brothers, though the does not tell his boss that he doesn't have a green card and has applied for asylum. All goes well until...

I set this aside for a bookcrosser on the Oppem birthday list, sending it early.

I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you so much, over-the-moon, for this wishlist book! I have been wanting to read it for a while and I think I am going to enjoy it. Thank you also for the lovely postcards, I use them as bookmarks and have quite a collection. It seems my birthday is going to be quite promising :-))))

A very interesting book about immigration in the USA and the pursuit of the American dream, through the struggles of a family from Cameroon. Living in Europe, I have no dreamy or naïve ideas about the American way of life, but I understand that, for many people from less fortunate countries, the United States is still appealing. This book doesn’t sugar coat the hardships of immigrants, it is in fact quite brutal in the contrasts between the well-off and the ones who have less. There are some interesting twists in the plot, but I thought the ending a bit too neat.

Picked from the VBB - Women Write Well.
Enjoy :-)

And here it is :-)
Thanks for sharing!