Tag: Immigration
Into the Beautiful North
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/08/26/into-the-beautiful-north-2/
Title: Into the Beautiful North Author: Luis Alberto Urrea Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, May 2009 Summary: This book was deliciously lyrical and why would you expect anything less than this from the author of the widely acclaimed novel The Hummingbird’s Daughter and 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist...
Water Ghosts
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/05/13/water-ghosts/
Title: Water Ghosts Author: Shawna Yang Ryan Publisher: Penguin Press, April 2009 Summary: According to Chinese superstition, those who die by drowning will seek the living to take their place. It’s 1928 and the residents of Locke, California and the surrounding towns are getting ready for...
Little Bee
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/04/13/little-bee/
Title: Little Bee Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: Simon & Schuster, February 2009 Summary: Chris Cleave’s second novel is quite an accomplishment. There are some beautiful moments, and some horrific moments throughout this complex story, told to us by two very different women who have...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/21/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao/
Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Author: Junot Diaz Publisher: Riverhead, September 2007 Summary: Beware the fuku. This ridiculously good novel is part immigrant family saga, part ghetto epic and entirely unforgettable. The narrative traces the history of the de Leon family, from...
Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/18/broccoli-and-other-tales-of-food-and-love/
Title: Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love Author: Lara Vapnyar Summary: A fabulous and creative collection of short stories that revolve around food in the lives of a New York City Russian community. The stories are well written, humorous and witty. Some...
Stealing Buddha’s Dinner
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/13/stealing-buddhas-dinner/
Title: Stealing Buddha’s Dinner Author: Bich Minn Nguyen Summary:This book is unique, entertaining and interesting in it’s perspective on the immigrant (Vietnamese) experience. The setting takes us back to the 1980′s in Michigan. Much of the assimilation experience is relayed through foods such as...
The Air We Breathe
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/02/14/the-air-we-breathe/
Title: The Air We Breathe Author: Andrea Barrett Summary: While World War I looms in the future, the patients at Tamarack State Sanatorium are fighting their own battle with tuberculosis and the emotional issues that come from being confined to a strict regimen of rest and little social...