Marcom Micheline Aharonian
Marcom Micheline Aharonian - The New American A Novel - Paperback
Marcom Micheline Aharonian - The New American A Novel - Paperback
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Description: This harrowing heartbreaking story (Kirkus Reviews) depicts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student a dreamer who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day Emilio learns the shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents who emigrated from Guatemala to California had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well he's in his second year at UC Berkeley. then he gets into a car accident and without a driver's license or any ID the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala Emilio is determined to get back to California the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States - Mexico border meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees and told in lyrical prose Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a powerful heartbreaking (Publishers Weekly) tale of adventure. In The New American Marcom depicts inhumanity with visceral force but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all (Entertainment Weekly). This is a compassionate story of one young man who risks so much to return home.
Title: The New American A Novel
Author(s): Marcom Micheline Aharonian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982120733
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/17/2021
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: This harrowing heartbreaking story (Kirkus Reviews) depicts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student a dreamer who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day Emilio learns the shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents who emigrated from Guatemala to California had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well he's in his second year at UC Berkeley. then he gets into a car accident and without a driver's license or any ID the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala Emilio is determined to get back to California the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States - Mexico border meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees and told in lyrical prose Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a powerful heartbreaking (Publishers Weekly) tale of adventure. In The New American Marcom depicts inhumanity with visceral force but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all (Entertainment Weekly). This is a compassionate story of one young man who risks so much to return home.
Title: The New American A Novel
Author(s): Marcom Micheline Aharonian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982120733
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/17/2021
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
