Immigrant Stories: Fiction

Try these fictional stories of long journeys, culture clashes, resilience, and adaptation

Updated June 5, 2023
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County)Milwaukie Ledding Library
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Little Bee
Cleave, Chris.
Audiobook
We don't want to tell you too much about this book. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's...
What strange paradise
El Akkad, Omar
Paper Book
'Deserves to be an instant classic. I haven't loved a book this much in a long time . . . What Strange Paradise . . . reads as a parable for our times . . . Such beautiful writing . . . This is an extraordinary book.' - New York Times From the widely acclaimed author of American War, Omar El Akkad,...
Searching for Sylvie Lee : a novel
Kwok, Jean
Paper Book
'Powerful . . . A twisting tale of love, loss, and dark family secrets' Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water It begins with a mystery. Sylvie, the beautiful, brilliant, successful older daughter of...
Deep river : a novel
Marlantes, Karl
Paper Book
A stunningly expansive family saga of anguish, reinvention and courage from the bestselling author of Matterhorn.

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