Ellis Island

Two Hopeful Women Grapple With America’s Broken Promises at Ellis Island

Through the story of the immigrant, hopefully looking up at the Statue of Liberty and the U.S. several generations ago, we can imagine some of our great-great-grandparents as they nervously clutched their papers, praying they would be admitted to a country they were told would offer them opportunities beyond any…

Aimie K. RunyanFebruary 10, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction

Is “The Ticket” to America Worth the Sacrifice?

That question becomes central to the conflict in The Ticket (Green Spring), a historical novel based on author Karen Schutte’s own ancestors’ emigration in 1906. As I turned the pages, Karl and his wife Katja go through eight children, five decades and two world wars. At the end, was it…

Lee PelletierSeptember 23, 2019

Better Self Business Nonfiction

BookTrib Q&A: Marc Demetriou Talks About the Amazing Courage and Wisdom He Learned from His Grandfather

Sometimes the best advice is the advice that's been handed down from others. Often coming from decades of trial-and-error, life experience and more, the lessons that carry the best advice are not only worthwhile, but they stand the test of time. Marc Demetriou, a nationally recognized mortgage banker and top-rated speaker,…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaJanuary 24, 2018

BookBites

Four Great Reads: Fictional Pandemic All Too Real; Making American Sacred Again; An Immigration Story; Disappearing Jets

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BookBitesJune 16, 2020

Fiction Listicles

7 Novels About Immigration That Tackle the Question: Can We Learn to Belong?

Immigration is always a timely topic in books and film, but never more than today with the world so easily accessible by planes, trains, and automobiles (and ships.) More importantly, as we reexamine our ethnic and cultural identities in the United States and worldwide, we ask ourselves: who are we…

Heather WebbNovember 4, 2021

Two Hopeful Women Grapple With America’s Broken Promises at Ellis Island

Is “The Ticket” to America Worth the Sacrifice?

BookTrib Q&A: Marc Demetriou Talks About the Amazing Courage and Wisdom He Learned from His Grandfather

Four Great Reads: Fictional Pandemic All Too Real; Making American Sacred Again; An Immigration Story; Disappearing Jets

7 Novels About Immigration That Tackle the Question: Can We Learn to Belong?

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