Imbolo Mbue\'s "Behold the Dreamers" is a captivating story of two families from different worlds and their struggles to make it in America. Set in New York City during the 2008 financial crisis, the novel follows Jende Jong
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Imbolo Mbue is a Cameroonian American novelist and short story writer based in New York City. She is known for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers (2016), which garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award. Her works draw from her own experiences as an immigrant, as well as the experiences of other immigrants.