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Condition
Brand new: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Type
Novel
ISBN
9781982120726

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
198212072X
ISBN-13
9781982120726
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038425713

Product Key Features

Book Title
New American : a Novel
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2020
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Literary, Coming of Age
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Author
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-049302
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"[Marcom's] telling resonates with heartbreaking authenticity. And despite the travails she is describing, Marcom's writing is vibrant and often poetic....Today's headlines will not let us forget that thousands of other children riding the Bestia. Marcom's compassionate novel illuminates their painful journey." --NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS "[An] emotionally piercing, compulsively readable novel." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "[Marcom] depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "We need books like The New American , by Micheline Aharonian Marcom, which sweeps you into an uncomfortable reality, expands your heart, and helps you see through the eyes of a dreamer fighting to regain a lost promise. The world within its pages is unflinching and cruel but brims with hope and beauty. A catalyst for connection and empathy, The New American is also an immersive page-turner that will keep you reading eagerly to its conclusion." --NECESSARY FICTION "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST "[P]owerful, heartbreaking....Marcom's remarkable tale credibly captures the desperation and despair of those who undertake the dangerous trek north." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] harrowing, heartbreaking story...Marcom's plotting and pacing are well honed, and her prose is often revelatory...a gripping novel." -- KIRKUS, "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST, "[Marcom] depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST "[P]owerful, heartbreaking....Marcom's remarkable tale credibly captures the desperation and despair of those who undertake the dangerous trek north." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] harrowing, heartbreaking story...Marcom's plotting and pacing are well honed, and her prose is often revelatory...a gripping novel." -- KIRKUS, "[Marcom's] telling resonates with heartbreaking authenticity. And despite the travails she is describing, Marcom's writing is vibrant and often poetic....Today's headlines will not let us forget that thousands of other children riding the Bestia. Marcom's compassionate novel illuminates their painful journey." --NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS "[Marcom] depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST "[P]owerful, heartbreaking....Marcom's remarkable tale credibly captures the desperation and despair of those who undertake the dangerous trek north." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] harrowing, heartbreaking story...Marcom's plotting and pacing are well honed, and her prose is often revelatory...a gripping novel." -- KIRKUS, "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST "[P]owerful, heartbreaking....Marcom's remarkable tale credibly captures the desperation and despair of those who undertake the dangerous trek north." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] harrowing, heartbreaking story...Marcom's plotting and pacing are well honed, and her prose is often revelatory...a gripping novel." -- KIRKUS, "[Marcom's] telling resonates with heartbreaking authenticity. And despite the travails she is describing, Marcom's writing is vibrant and often poetic....Today's headlines will not let us forget that thousands of other children riding the Bestia. Marcom's compassionate novel illuminates their painful journey." --NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS "[An] emotionally piercing, compulsively readable novel." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "[Marcom] depicts inhumanity with visceral force, but her bracing empathy (and hope) shines above all." --ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY "[A] poetic nightmarescape that hums with foreboding and the anguish of lost innocence....Marcom masterfully navigates the graphic ugliness of deportation and anguished immigration with entreaties to a remote and capricious God, creating a tough but necessary and beautiful novel." -- BOOKLIST "[P]owerful, heartbreaking....Marcom's remarkable tale credibly captures the desperation and despair of those who undertake the dangerous trek north." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[A] harrowing, heartbreaking story...Marcom's plotting and pacing are well honed, and her prose is often revelatory...a gripping novel." -- KIRKUS
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
One of 2020's most anticipated books by The Millions and Ms. Magazine The epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a "dreamer," who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day, Emilio learns a shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents, who emi­grated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he's in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and--without a driver's license or any ID--the policeman on the scene reports him to Immi­gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala, Emilio is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States-Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American tells the story of one young man who risks so much to go home., In this timely and emotionally powerful novel, award-winning author Micheline A. Marcom recounts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan-American college student, a "dreamer," who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. Emilio believes he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to ensure it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license--however, his mother discourages it. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. Emilio adjusts to his new normal. He attends UC Berkeley. He falls in love. All is going well...until Emilio gets into a car accident and--without a driver's license or any documentation--the policeman on the scene reports him to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE]. Emilio is deported to Guatemala. But he is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles through remote towns, lush jungles, and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the US-Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline A. Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American is an important and well-timed novel that asks us what we have in common--across cultures, experiences, and borders--and what makes us not only American, but altogether human., One of 2020's most anticipated books by The Millions and Ms. Magazine The epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a "dreamer," who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day, Emilio learns a shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents, who emi-grated from Guatemala to California, had never told him. Emilio slowly adjusts to his new normal. All is going well, he's in his second year at UC Berkeley...then he gets into a car accident, and--without a driver's license or any ID--the policeman on the scene reports him to Immi-gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Once deported to Guatemala, Emilio is determined to get back to California, the only home he has ever known. It is an epic journey that takes him across thousands of miles and eventually the Sonoran Desert of the United States-Mexico border, meeting thieves and corrupt law enforcement but also kind strangers and new friends. Inspired in part by interviews with Central American refugees, and told in lyrical prose, Micheline Aharonian Marcom weaves a heart-pounding and heartbreaking tale of adventure. The New American tells the story of one young man who risks so much to go home.

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