A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream--the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy New York Times Bestseller - Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award - An ALA Notable Book NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Times Book Review - San Francisco Chronicle - The Guardian - St.
It is, in other words, q.
It\'s a novel that depicts a country both blessed and doomed, on top of the world, but always at risk of losing its balance. . . . belongs to the struggles and small triumphs of the Jongas, which Mbue traces in clean, quick-moving paragraphs.--Entertainment Weekly Mbue\'s writing is warm and captivating.--People (book of the week) Mbue\'s] book isn\'t the first work of fiction to grapple with the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, but it\'s surely one of the best. . .
Mbue is a bright and captivating storyteller.--The Washington Post A capacious, big-hearted novel.--The New York Times Book Review Behold the Dreamers\' heart . . .
Praise for Behold the Dreamers A debut novel by a young woman from Cameroon that illuminates the immigrant experience in America with the tenderhearted wisdom so lacking in our political discourse .
As all four lives are dramatically upended, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.
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.
However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers\' fa ades.
With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future.
Clark\'s wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at the Edwardses\' summer home in the Hamptons.
Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty--and Jende is eager to please.
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.
Louis Post-Dispatch - Chicago Public Library - BookPage - Refinery29 - Kirkus Reviews 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.
A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream--the unforgettable story of a young Cameroonian couple making a new life in New York just as the Great Recession upends the economy New York Times Bestseller - Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - Longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award - An ALA Notable Book NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Times Book Review - San Francisco Chronicle - The Guardian - St
