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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's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at their summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last imagine a brighter future. However, the world of grdat privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' facades
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Behold the Dreamers, Imbolo Mbue
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Behold the Dreamers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Imbolo Mbue
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0525509712
- ISBN13
- 9780525509714
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, USA, Africa, New York, America, Dreams, Immigration, Immigrants, Financial Crisis, Asylum, Cameroon, Cameroonian Literature
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- Behold the Dreamers
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- 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's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at their summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last imagine a brighter future. However, the world of grdat privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' facades