immigrant

“All This Could Be Different,” A Radiant Portrait of a Young, Queer, Immigrant Woman

This novel is as vibrant as its cover, alive and awash with people and love. Its first chapters begin in a rhythm that is clipped and clear, the beat of it ticking along like a clock until suddenly, it shatters, lurching into the life of a young, queer, Indian woman. All…

Megan BeauregardAugust 5, 2022

Nonfiction

Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, a Life-Changing Friendship

Heartbreaking, inspiring and a tribute to dedication, Reading With Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship is the memoir of an Asian American 'Teach For America' teacher and her friendship with a poor black student in Helena, Arkansas. Their special relationship is in the forefront of the story with race relations, education…

Jennifer BlankfeinSeptember 29, 2017

Fiction Young Adult

A Vietnamese Immigration Story in “Butterfly Yellow”

When Hằng was 12, her 5-year-old brother Linh was taken away as part of Operation Baby Lift and sent to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War. She and her grandmother spent the next six years worried about his safety, wondering about his life and planning for…

Jennifer BlankfeinDecember 31, 2019

Fiction Fiction - Featured

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

Book Club Network Fiction

“Searching for Sylvie Lee:” A Maze of Love and Heartbreak

Searching for Sylvie Lee (William Morrow) is the perfect combination of literary fiction and suspense. Jean Kwok lets us inside the minds of Chinese immigrant sisters Sylvie, Amy and their Ma. Smart, pretty and accomplished Sylvie is the golden child in the family. Having grown up with her grandmother in…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 1, 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

Fiction

Oprah Book Club Pick: Reviewing Imbolo Mbue’s ‘Behold the Dreamers’

Behold the Dreamers, this debut novel by Imbolo Mbue, is a must-read for all! Jende and Neni, from Cameroon, are striving to achieve the American Dream. They have an apartment in Harlem, Jende is working hard as a cab driver, Neni is studying long hours, and they struggle to prosper while raising…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 11, 2017

Fiction Recommended

Jewish Boy’s Strange Journey to the Promised Land

More than historical fiction, The Immigrant by Frederic Petrovsky can be defined as a fine bit of motivational philosophizing -- and a most satisfying read. The Immigrant follows an admirable and eclectic list of previous works by Petrovsky: The Clinton Diaries, speculative fiction about former president Bill Clinton, his obsessions…

Sherri DaleyNovember 18, 2022

Author Spotlight Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Nightmares Follow Her Halfway Around the World in “My Sweet Girl”

My hands were trembling slightly… I hate how they do that when I’m angry. I hate it when I’m angry. It makes it hard to think straight. And I needed to think straight right now. I couldn’t have that cunning, two-faced soon-to-be-ex-roommate of mine getting in my head … I…

Neil NyrenAugust 27, 2021

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