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2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and l...

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Main Author: Mbue, Imbolo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
Cameroonians > United States > Fiction.
Immigrants > United States > Fiction.
Upper class > United States > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Cameroonians.
Families.
Family secrets.
Immigrants.
Upper class.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
United States.
FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
FICTION / Family Life.
FICTION / Literary.
2008 - 2009
Fiction.
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Summary:2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni's temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future--until Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' façades. As the financial world threatens to collapse, the Jongas become desperate. And as their marriage threatens to fall apart, Jende and Neni are forced to make an impossible choice.
Physical Description:382 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9780812998481
0812998480
9780812989847
0812989848