{"product_id":"immigrants-9781962693097","title":"Immigrants","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e D. Dina Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Creators Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962693097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriedman, D. Dina:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - D. Dina Friedman is the author of two award-winning novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster) and Playing Dad's Song (Farrar, Straus, Giroux), and one book of poetry, Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). In this collection, Friedman draws on her childhood in multicultural Queens, her adulthood in rural New England, her travels to India and the U.S.\/Mexico border, and her years as an activist working for Middle East peace and immigration justice. Originally from New York City, Dina moved to western Massachusetts in the 1980s, where she now lives next door to a farm with six hundred cows. Visit her website ddinafriedman.com and subscribe to her blog on the writing life at www.ddinafriedman.substack.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Creators Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43169122812019,"sku":"9.78196E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bf3bd43d-75be-4f5f-91b8-9a195264bc32.jpg?v=1751458562","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/immigrants-9781962693097","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}