{"product_id":"a-beginners-guide-to-america","title":"A Beginner's Guide to America - For the Immigrant and the Curious","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the      bewildering American immigrant experience from someone who has lived it. Hakakian's \"love      letter to the nation that took her in [is also] a timely reminder of what      millions of human beings endure when they uproot their lives to become      Americans by choice\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInto the maelstrom of unprecedented contemporary debates about immigrants in the United States, this perfectly timed book gives us a portrait of what the new immigrant experience in America is really like.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWritten as a \"guide\" for the newly arrived, and providing \"practical information and advice,\" Roya Hakakian, an immigrant herself, reveals what those who settle here love about the country, what they miss about their homes, the cruelty of some Americans, and the unceasing generosity of others. She captures the texture of life in a new place in all its complexity, laying bare both its beauty and its darkness as she discusses race, sex, love, death, consumerism, and what it is like to be from a country that is in America's crosshairs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHer tenderly perceptive and surprisingly humorous account invites us to see ourselves as we appear to others, making it possible for us to rediscover our many American gifts through the perspective of the outsider. In shattering myths and embracing painful contradictions that are unique to this place, \u003ci\u003eA Beginner's Guide to America\u003c\/i\u003e is Hakakian's candid love letter to America.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51230885937440,"sku":"9780525565925","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780525565925.jpg?v=1770882061","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/a-beginners-guide-to-america","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}