I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Description
This vibrant graphic memoir follows a Filipino-Egyptian American girl coming of age between her family’s cultural traditions and the pressures of fitting into mainstream American life. As she navigates adolescence, friendships, first crushes, and her parents’ hopes for her future, she learns to move between languages, customs, and expectations while seeking a sense of belonging. With warmth, humor, and candid illustrations, the book explores immigration, identity, family sacrifice, cultural code-switching, and the evolving meaning of the American dream. It offers an intimate portrait of one young woman’s journey toward embracing the many influences that have shaped her.
Available Editions
paperback
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Published Jan 1, 2019
160 pages
ISBN: 9780525575115
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib.