A review by melodys_library
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

4.0

An honest story about two families at the intersection of hopes, dreams, despair and economic recession. The focus is on the immigrant experience in the USA, and oscillates between hope and desperation, joy and sorrow, happiness and pain and suffering as each family member strives to attain their version of the American Dream. The storytelling is simple with a lot of dialogue and not a lot of action. I did appreciate the authentic flavor of Cameroon in the descriptions of food, culture, and language as the author herself is from Limbe, Cameroon.