a novel / Imbolo Mbue Mbue, Imbolo creator author. text nyu 2017 monographic eng

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397 pages ; 21 cm. 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. Includes a reader's guide. Cameroonians United States Fiction Immigrants United States Fiction Upper class United States Fiction Families Fiction Family secrets Fiction Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 Fiction 813/.6 2017 selection 9780525509714 BTCTA 170504 20190501235925.0 986236611 eng