Behold the dreamers
(Large Print)
"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." --
Notes
Mbue, I. (2016). Behold the dreamers. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo. 2016. Behold the Dreamers. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo, Behold the Dreamers. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mbue, Imbolo. Behold the Dreamers. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2016.
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