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Behold the Dreamers

Imbolo Mbue

In the fall of 2007, Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Their situation only improves when Jende's wife Neni is hired as household help. But in the course of their work, Jende and Neni begin to witness infidelities, skirmishes, and family secrets. Then, with the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, a tragedy changes all four lives forever, and the Jongas must decide whether to continue fighting to stay in a recession-ravaged America or give up and return home to Cameroon.

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397 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2016 by Random House Incorporated · ISBN 9780812987973

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2 editions

English

  • Behold the Dreamers · Random House Incorporated · 2017 · ISBN 9780812987973 · 1 reader This page
  • Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel · Random House · 2016 · ISBN 9780812989847

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