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Malcolm Gladwell recommended Merchant Princes in Books (curated)

 
Merchant Princes
Merchant Princes
Leon A. Harris | 1982 | Biography, Religion
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"It’s about immigrants; it’s about people figuring out and then conquering an unfamiliar marketplace; it’s about all of the brilliant ideas that came to these guys as they invented the department store."

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Uzo Aduba recommended Green Eggs and Ham in Books (curated)

 
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss | 2010 | Children
8.4 (37 Ratings)
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"I read this book in Kindergarten. As a child born to immigrants, it reminded me that even though things can look different to the outside eye, in the end they are all the same, and all taste delicious."

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Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated How the Garcia girls lost their accents in Books

Jul 5, 2018  
How the Garcia girls lost their accents
How the Garcia girls lost their accents
Julia Alvarez | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I think the topic of immigration is very relevant because we are always seeing immigrants arrive into new cities and sometimes I think we forget we all immigrated ourselves. Maybe hundreds of years ago but we are all immigrants, searching for a new land.

In my case, my dad emigrated from India as did my mum's parents. To come to a new strange land with different customs which you may have to follow in some cases is daunting. It's like when you leave the comfort of your own home and venture out into the big wide world, exciting but scary.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2017/05/read-harder-immigration.html
  
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Daniel Pinchbeck recommended A Walker in the City in Books (curated)

 
A Walker in the City
A Walker in the City
Alfred Kazin | 1969 | Biography, History & Politics
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"Kazin’s book is a wonderful depiction of life in the world of Jewish immigrants. His wanderings through the city are described in loving, careful detail. Like Woolf’s essay on her childhood, Kazin captures aspects of consciousness that seem so subtle as to be impossible to express. This book is a neglected masterpiece."

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Elif Shafak recommended Middlesex in Books (curated)

 
Middlesex
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
8.6 (19 Ratings)
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"One of the most beautifully told family sagas in world literature. Exploring gender identity, ethnic identity, American dream, immigrants, family memories and collective myths… but to me this is primarily a novel about belonging—how we fail but still somehow find the hope and the will to continue to try to belong."

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    Celia by Angelique Kidjo

    Celia by Angelique Kidjo

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    Album that reflects on an icon of the 'Americas', celebrated salsa singer Celia Cruz. Over ten...