The Resource Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue
Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue
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The item Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- From Cameroonian Mbue comes a debut novel about two immigrants struggling to find their footing in a new world. When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't as cushy and above board as Jende expected. Clark's long hours at the office and frequent late-night "appointments" at the Chelsea Hotel raise red flags with his wife, Cindy. When Neni agrees to accompany the Edwards family to Southampton as a temporary nanny for their youngest son, she learns far more than she bargained for about Cindy's fragile mental state. Before long, the pressure of keeping what they know about Clark and Cindy-and the threat of deportation-becomes too much for the Jongas to bear, threatening the stability of their marriage and their ability to remain in a country they still can't call home. Mbue's reliance on overheard phone conversations to forward the plot makes for choppy reading, and the tenor of the Edwardses' rich-people problems is nothing new. But the Jongas are much more vivid, and the book's unexpected ending-and its sharp-eyed focus on issues of immigration, race, and class-speak to a sad truth in today's cutthroat world: the American dream isn't what it seems
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410494412
- Label
- Behold the dreamers
- Title
- Behold the dreamers
- Statement of responsibility
- by Imbol Mbue
- Subject
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- Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction
- 2008-2009
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- United States
- Upper class
- Upper class -- United States -- Fiction
- Immigrants
- Cameroonians
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From Cameroonian Mbue comes a debut novel about two immigrants struggling to find their footing in a new world. When Jende Jonga journeys to New York City from Cameroon in 2004 on a visitors' visa in hopes of obtaining a green card, he's sure his life will only improve. After saving up enough money to bring over Jende's wife, Neni, and six-year-old son, the family moves into an apartment in Harlem. Then Jende hits the jackpot in 2007 when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a wealthy Lehman Brothers executive. But working for the Edwardses isn't as cushy and above board as Jende expected. Clark's long hours at the office and frequent late-night "appointments" at the Chelsea Hotel raise red flags with his wife, Cindy. When Neni agrees to accompany the Edwards family to Southampton as a temporary nanny for their youngest son, she learns far more than she bargained for about Cindy's fragile mental state. Before long, the pressure of keeping what they know about Clark and Cindy-and the threat of deportation-becomes too much for the Jongas to bear, threatening the stability of their marriage and their ability to remain in a country they still can't call home. Mbue's reliance on overheard phone conversations to forward the plot makes for choppy reading, and the tenor of the Edwardses' rich-people problems is nothing new. But the Jongas are much more vivid, and the book's unexpected ending-and its sharp-eyed focus on issues of immigration, race, and class-speak to a sad truth in today's cutthroat world: the American dream isn't what it seems
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mbue, Imbolo
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.B84
- LC item number
- B34 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- Cameroonians
- Immigrants
- Upper class
- Families
- Family secrets
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
- Cameroonians
- Families
- Family secrets
- Immigrants
- Large type books
- Upper class
- United States
- Label
- Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410494412
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016032760
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn953927444
- Label
- Behold the dreamers, by Imbol Mbue
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 605 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410494412
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2016032760
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn953927444
Subject
- Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction
- Families
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction
- 2008-2009
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- Large type books
- Large type books
- United States
- Upper class
- Upper class -- United States -- Fiction
- Immigrants
- Cameroonians
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