![]() ![]() ![]() The Other Americans by Pulitzer Prize finalist, Laila Lalami, gives us a fresh look. Some keep as much as they can of their original culture. There are many books that give us immigrant experience of entry into American life. What strikes me about this particular book is how it reaches out into a small community-the Mojave- and gives us a microcosm of American life that we could drop anywhere-east, west, north, south, big city, small town. Story can be a powerful tool if we listen to a multitude of voices. It helps round out the full picture of how we became a country bubbling up from an undercurrent of rage and misunderstanding. Many novels have been written to explore the immigrant experience. ![]()
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