City of refugees The story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town
Book - 2022
"City of Refugees is the story of three newcomers-a rebellious Somali Bantu girl; a Bosnian woman, who runs a home bakery; and an Iraqi interpreter, haunted by war-as they adapt to an old manufacturing city"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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Boston :
Beacon Press
2022.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- x, 249 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780807024676
- Author's Note
- Part I. Landings
- 1. Desire
- 2. Fire
- 3. The Fight
- 4. Truce
- 5. The Green Onion
- 6. Vows
- 7. The Gift
- 8. The Cake Boss
- 9. In Bloom
- 10. The Wedding
- 11. With Strangers
- 12. Shadow
- 13. In Bosnia
- Part II. My Utica
- 14. The Strike Force
- 15. Graduation
- 16. Confessions of a Teacher
- 17. Ismar's Dream
- 18. The Ban
- 19. The Drone
- 20. August
- 21. Coming Home
- 22. The New Apartment
- 23. Lofts
- 24. Mersiha Leaps
- 25. Bomb Threat
- 26. The Rutger Restaurant
- 27. Nineteen
- 28. Designing a House
- 29. The Crossing
- 30. Deployed
- 31. The Key
- 32. Who Will Help You?
- Part III. New Americans
- 33. They Don't Talk About It
- 34. On the Brink
- 35. Solo
- 36. Ramadan, 2019
- 37. The Mayor's Sweep
- 38. Sadia's List
- 39. The Visit
- 40. Renovating
- 41. The Baby Shower
- 42. Their Generation
- 43. Six Months
- 44. His Text
- 45. On the Run
- 46. On Wings
- 47. The Opening
- 48. Karma
- Epilogue We Rallied
- About the Process
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
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