Bibliograph

A beginner's guide to America, for the immigrant and the curious, Roya Hakakian

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Label

A beginner's guide to America, for the immigrant and the curious, Roya Hakakian

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A beginner's guide to America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1240806162

Responsibility statement

Roya Hakakian

Sub title

for the immigrant and the curious

Summary

"Into the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like. Written as a "guide" for the newly arrived, and providing "practical information and advice," Roya Hakakian, an immigrant herself, reveals what those who settle here love about the country, what they miss about their homes, the cruelty of some Americans, and the unceasing generosity of others. She captures the texture of life in a new place in all its complexity, laying bare both its beauty and its darkness as she discusses race, sex, love, death, consumerism, and what it is like to be from a country that is in America's crosshairs. Her tenderly perceptive and surprisingly humorous account invites us to see ourselves as we appear to others, making it possible for us to rediscover our many American gifts through the perspective of the outsider"--, Provided by publisher

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