| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
10 audio discs (12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
120000 |
| Description |
digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Performer |
Read by Prentice Onayemi. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Summary |
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers. Clark demands punctuality, discretion, and loyalty; and Jende is eager to please. Clark's wife, Cindy, even offers Neni temporary work at their summer home in the Hamptons. With these opportunities, Jende and Neni can at last gain a foothold in America and imagine a brighter future. However, the world of great power and privilege conceals troubling secrets, and soon Jende and Neni notice cracks in their employers' facades. Then the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Desperate to keep Jende's job, which grows more tenuous by the day, the Jongas try to protect the Edwardses' from certain truths, even as their own marriage threatens to fall apart. |
| Subject |
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) (OCoLC)fst01755654
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Cameroonians -- United States -- Fiction.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
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Upper class -- United States -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Family secrets -- Fiction.
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Fiction.
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Cameroonians. (OCoLC)fst00844768
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Upper class. (OCoLC)fst01162136
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Secrets -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Fiction.
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Upper class -- Fiction.
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Immigrants -- Fiction.
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| Chronological Term |
2008-2009
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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Domestic fiction.
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Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Domestic fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726589
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Onayemi, Prentice, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9780147523099 |
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0147523095 |
| Standard No. |
9780147523099 |
| Music No. |
DD22835 Recorded Books |
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