Behold the Dreamers
By Imbolo Mbue
This week's book is actually the book for my book group, which meets on Sunday. Are you proud of me for being prepared this week? I actually didn't mind this week's book. It was sort of heartbreaking if I'm going to be completely honest, but still interesting.
The book is the story of a man that has come from Africa to New York City. He brings over his wife and child after he has been working for a few years in the year 2008. He gets a job as a chauffeur for a man on wall street and his family. The story alternates between the man from Africa and his wife chapter by chapter. All is well and good until the man is threatened to be deported, and then Wall Street crashes and everyone loses their job. The book shifts halfway through from this shiny and amazing coming-to-America story to something dark and jaded. The book shows the trials and tribulations of moving to another country. The book also shows that sometimes there is no right path of staying where you are or moving to a whole new place.
Most importantly this book reminded me yet again how amazingly lucky I truly am. I have been feeling pretty crummy and uncomfortable recently. It seems like everything in this pregnancy is happening way sooner than my last two successful pregnancies. But even though I feel yucky, I am just so happy I am into the second trimester and the chance of miscarriage is down to one percent. I also feel so lucky to have a husband that works hard and takes care of our family well enough for me to stay home with our kids. We live in a house that we can afford, always have food in our pantry and are never too cold or hot. I have had a hard time with the state of our current government and was heartbroken about a decision my church denomination has made, but I must remind myself over and over again that I am lucky for the life I have and the people I have in my life.
No comments:
Post a Comment