City of refugees : the story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town / Susan Hartman.
Title:
City of refugees : the story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town / Susan Hartman.
ISBN:
9780807024676
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Physical Description:
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Landings. Desire -- Fire -- The fight -- Truce -- The green onion -- Vows -- The gift -- The cake boss -- In bloom -- The wedding -- With strangers -- Shadow -- In Bosnia -- My Utica. 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? -- New Americans. 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.
Summary:
City of Refugees is the story of three newcomers--a rebellious Somali Bantu girl; a Bosnian woman, who runs a home bakery; and a male Iraqi interpreter, haunted by war--as they adapt to the old manufacturing city of Utica, New York--Adapted from information provided by publisher.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1264273692
Availability:
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