{"product_id":"immigrants-paperback","title":"Immigrants - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith sensitivity and wit, Friedman creates a tableau of characters, scenery, sounds, smells, and tastes\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eas varied as those who have claimed or seek to claim a home within our borders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling collection of stories, we find immigrants everywhere: in the poignant and doomed relationships between the documented and undocumented; in a squalid encampment by the Rio Grande, where a young mother sends her daughter over the bridge to the U.S. alone; in the heart of multicultural New York, where a Jewish woman seeks a loan from a Muslim bank manager to fund her cancer treatment; and in a New England home, where bats in the attic are threatening the last vestiges of stability for a divorced and desperate middle-aged woman and her twenty-something Chinese American tenant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories explore the deep ambiguities in how we perceive each other. Readers will grow to love Friedman's characters, despite their flaws, as they grapple toward a deeper caring for the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68297526935775,"sku":"9781962693097","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gccST1Mfpt9781962693097.webp?v=1792979536","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/immigrants-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}