Behold the dreamers : a novel / Imbolo Mbue.
- 397 pages ; 21 cm.
- Oprah's book club. 2017 selection. .
- Oprah's book club. 2017 selection. .
Includes a reader's guide.
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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Cameroonians--United States--Fiction. Immigrants--United States--Fiction. Upper class--United States--Fiction. Families--Fiction. Family secrets--Fiction. Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Fiction.