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Mbue, Imbolo.
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Lehman Brothers -- Fiction.
Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
American Dream -- Fiction.
Success -- Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction.
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Mbue, Imbolo.
Lehman Brothers -- Fiction.
Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
American Dream -- Fiction.
Success -- Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction.
PEN/Faulkner Award.
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Behold the dreamers : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.
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Mbue, Imbolo.
Random House, [2016]
Call #:
FICTION MBU
Subjects
Lehman Brothers -- Fiction.
Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
American Dream -- Fiction.
Success -- Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction.
PEN/Faulkner Award.
ISBN:
9780525509714 (2017 Random House trade pbk.)
9780812998481 (hc.)
Uniform title:
Longings of Jende Jonga
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
382 p. ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"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."--From publisher.
Awards:
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, 2017.
Genre:
Literary fiction.
Black fiction.
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2
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