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13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America
Harper
October 2009
On Sale: October 6, 2009
352 pages
ISBN: 0061245615
EAN: 9780061245619
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
New York Times bestselling author Steven V. Roberts follows
the stories of thirteen families in this poignant,
eye-opening look at immigration in America today. America is a nation of immigrants. But what does it mean to
be an immigrant in the United States today? In some ways,
the experience has never changed—all newcomers feel the pain
of separation. In other ways, it has changed
drastically—families maintain strong business ties to their
home countries and speak daily with their relatives on cell
phones. Attitudes about the great melting pot have taken a sharp
turn toward insularity in recent years. The 9/11 attacks and
recent waves of undocumented workers seem to have eroded
America's long-standing belief in the value of immigration.
Yet the families in this book conclusively demonstrate that
critics are wrong, and that in the age of Barack Obama, the
son of an immigrant from Kenya, newcomers "from every end of
this earth" continue to renew America's greatness, every
day, with their courage and character. Having shared his own family's story in My Fathers' Houses,
distinguished journalist Steven V. Roberts now profiles
immigrants from China and Afghanistan, Mexico and Sierra
Leone, who have journeyed to our shores in pursuit of the
same dream that propelled his own grandparents to leave
Russia and Poland a century ago. He combines compelling
interviews and meticulous research to produce an engaging,
wonderfully clear, and accessible narrative that explores
each family's original yet deeply resonant story. As the political debate rages on, Roberts offers an
essential and timely look at today's immigrant accounts, and
sheds light on the enormous contributions these individuals
continue to make to the fabric and future of America.
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