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The Books That Shaped My Life: Imbolo Mbue

August 27, 2016

This month, Cameroon-born, NYC resident Imbolo Mbue releases her much anticipated debut novel, Behold The Dreamers. It explores the cost of the American Dream for a young migrant family from Cameroon and their financially priveleged employers. Here, she shares the books that shaped her life.

 

Source: http://www.elle.com.au/culture/elle-book-c...
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Imbolo Mbue has given us a novel with the richness and power of a great contemporary fable, and a heroine for our time.
—Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the National Book Award