Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

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Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

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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.

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Random House
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Cover of: Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Aug 23, 2016, Random House
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Behold the dreamers
2016
in English - Large print edition.

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Library of Congress
PS3613.B84 L66 2015, PS3613.B84 B44 2015, PS3613.B84L66 2015, PS3613.B84 L66 2016

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OL26810701M
Internet Archive
longingsofjendej0000mbue
ISBN 10
0812998480
ISBN 13
9780812998481
LCCN
2015011560
OCLC/WorldCat
906798285

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