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City of refugees : the story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town
Title
City of refugees : the story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town / Susan Hartman.
ISBN
9780807024676
0807024678
9780807024683
Publication
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Physical Description
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 14, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242).
Contents
Desire
Fire
The fight
Truce
The green onion
Vows
The gift
The cake boss
In bloom
The wedding
With strangers
Shadow
In Bosnia
The strike force
Graduation
Confessions of a teacher
Ismar's dream
The ban
The drone
August
Coming home
The new apartment
Lofts
Mersiha leaps
Bomb threat
The Rutger restaurant
Nineteen
Designing a house
The crossing
Deployed
The key
Who will help you?
They don't talk about it
On the brink
Solo
Ramadan, 2019
The mayor's sweep
Sadia's list
The visit
Renovating
The baby shower
Their generation
Six months
His text
On the run
On wings
The opening
Karma
Epilogue. We rallied.
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