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A beautiful and honest collection of essays about the immigrant experience. The writers all have different stories about how immigration affected their sense of self, family, culture, and home. They talk honestly about the things they've lost and the things they've learnt and how it affects their life. The stories they told to fit in and the assimilation that they have to endure to survive in this country. The missing moments from your hometown because you're apart and what it means to immigrate. Being a stranger in both your home country and your new adopted country, trying to forge your own path but not knowing or understanding a sense of belonging or ownership. Being in two places because others still see you as to where you came from, not who you are in this new country. All these immigration experiences and stories speak to me.
I'm an immigrant too and I've experienced a fair share of that experience. During a book discussion for another book about immigrant stories, someone made a comment about how an assimilated character is boring. I was afraid to speak up as the only immigrant person of color in that room, others speak out, but I don't think it did the character justice. I regretted not speaking out about it. This experience, not being able to speak out, fearing that your opinion is not counted, and the invisibility, are the experiences that the writers go through. Experiences that's somewhat universal amongst immigrants regardless of your country of origin. This American dream that some have achieved and gained you privilege, but some still chasing.
I'm an immigrant too and I've experienced a fair share of that experience. During a book discussion for another book about immigrant stories, someone made a comment about how an assimilated character is boring. I was afraid to speak up as the only immigrant person of color in that room, others speak out, but I don't think it did the character justice. I regretted not speaking out about it. This experience, not being able to speak out, fearing that your opinion is not counted, and the invisibility, are the experiences that the writers go through. Experiences that's somewhat universal amongst immigrants regardless of your country of origin. This American dream that some have achieved and gained you privilege, but some still chasing.