| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
395 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"At twenty-one, life in Senegal couldn't be better for Lola. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana who endeavors to keep her anchored to home, disapproves of her choice. Against her mother's wishes, Lola plans a future with Armand in America. But nothing is as simple as it seems. In fact, the young African graduate has no idea that her real journey is just beginning: she has traded her care-free life in Senegal for the perilous existence of an undocumented immigrant in America, a life featuring a darkly comic catalog of Dickensian characters, not to mention a fundamentalist church. Harrowing, eye-opening, and utterly unforgettable, Daughter in Exile is a story about motherhood, love and what defines us all"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Illegal immigration -- United States -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Fiction.
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Noncitizens -- United States -- Fiction.
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Ghanaians -- United States -- Fiction.
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Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
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| Local Subject |
Undocumented immigration -- United States -- Fiction.
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| Subject |
Authors, Ghanaian -- Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Adjapon, Bisi. Daughter in exile First edition. New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprit of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] 9780063089013 (DLC) 2022037627 |
| ISBN |
9780063089020 (hardcover) |
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0063089025 (hardcover) |
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