Here we are : American dreams, American nightmares / Aarti Namdev Shahani.

By:

Shahani, Aarti Namdev

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Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781250204752

Other title:

Title on dust jacket: Here we are : a memoir

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LOC classification:

E184 .E2 S535 2019

Contents:

Act 1. Backstory -- Act 2. We made it -- Act 3. Breaking at the seams -- Intermission : Reporting the case -- Act 4. Stranger things -- Act 5. Stretch goal -- Act 6. Leaving and finding home -- Epilogue: Dear Dad.

Summary: The Shahanis came to Queens--from India, by way of Casablanca--in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; and the strength of a family determined to stay together. -- inside front book jacket flap.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	E184 .E2 S535 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001485985

The Shahanis came to Queens--from India, by way of Casablanca--in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; and the strength of a family determined to stay together. -- inside front book jacket flap.

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