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The Short Sweet Dream of Eduard - Jimmy Breslin
Amazon.com ReviewJimmy Breslin's The Story of Eduardo Gutierrez tells the unspeakably sad tale of a young illegal Mexican immigrant who died working at a New York City constructio.... -
The Fortunate Pilgrim - Mario Puzo
From Library JournalPuzo has called this 1965 pre-Godfather novel his personal favorite of his oeuvre. It recounts the life of Lucia Santa Angeluzzi-Corbo, a Southern Italian immig... -
The Dew Breaker - Edwidge Danticat
Amazon.com ReviewIn her third novel, The Dew Breaker, the prolific Edwidge Danticat spins a series of related stories around a shadowy central figure, a Haitian immigrant to the U.... -
My New American Life_ A Novel - FRANCINE PROSE
From Publishers WeeklyThe story of a good-hearted immigrant doubles as a snapshot of America during Bush II's second term in Prose's uneven latest. Lula is a 26-year-old Albanian w... -
Let Them In_ The Case for Open - Jason L. Riley
From BooklistThe argument that immigrants depress wages, displace workers, boost crime and disease, and pose a threat to the national security of the U.S. runs counter to political... -
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without - Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and pl... -
House of Sand and Fog - Iii Dubus Andre
Oprah Book Club® Selection, November 2000: Andre Dubus III wastes no time in capturing the dark side of the immigrant experience in America at the end of the 20th century. House of... -
Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice, an inspiring debut about an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. ** When Ki... -
Elizabeth Street - Laurie Fabiano
Amazon.com ReviewBook Description: In Elizabeth Street, Laurie Fabiano tells a remarkable, and previously unheard, story of the Italian immigrant experience at th... -
Bold Spirit - Linda Hunt
"Desperate. Determined. Unwaveringly confident. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant named Helga Estby dares to cross 3500 miles of the American continent to win a $10,000 wager. On foot...