{"product_id":"dear-america-notes-of-an-undocumented-citizen-isbn-9780062851352","title":"Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.”\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e—Michelle Alexander, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” —Amy Tan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhere the Past Begins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary.” \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eDave Eggers, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Is the What\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Monk of Mokha\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called “the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,” tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book––at its core––is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Jose Antonio Vargas, from \u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eMy name is Jose Antonio Vargas. I was born in the Philippines. When I was twelve, my mother sent me to the United States to live with her parents. While applying for a driver’s permit, I found out my papers were fake. More than two decades later, I am still here illegally, with no clear path to American citizenship. To some people, I am the “most famous illegal” in America. In my mind, I am only one of an estimated 11 million human beings whose uncertain fate is under threat in a country I call my home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book—at its core—is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but about the unsettled, unmoored psychological state in which undocumented immigrants like me find ourselves. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can’t. This book is about what it means to not have a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Jose Antonio Vargas’s eloquent and emotional book bears witness to a basic truth: we should not be defined by our legal status, but by who we are. What Americans share is larger than a common ethnicity or nationality; it is the country we love and the common experiences that bring us together. His voice is an important voice that needs to be heard by all Americans, whether they are Americans by birth or by choice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheryl Sandberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Option B and Lean In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jose Antonio Vargas’s eloquent and emotional book bears witness to a basic truth: we should not be defined by our legal status, but by who we are...His voice is an important voice that needs to be heard by all Americans, whether they are Americans by birth or by choice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSheryl Sandberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Option B and Lean In\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.  The personal trauma of living in this country as someone deemed “illegal” - without rights or without the benefit of compassion or concern from the government you consider your own - is typically lost in heated policy debates.  The pressing question that emerges from these pages isn’t whether Jose deserves to be a citizen but whether we, as a nation, deserve the bravery and generosity of spirit that he offers us with an open heart and mind.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American...The pressing question from these pages isn’t whether Jose deserves to be a citizen but whether we, as a nation, deserve the bravery and generosity of spirit that he offers us with an open heart and mind.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dear America is a daring and honest book that perhaps so many undocumented citizens wish they could write, about what is gained and lost by living in the “shadows”...You may not know where he will be when you read this book, but his story will stay with you always.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwidge Danticat, award-winning author of Brother, I’m Dying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e] is the voice of one man balancing between the poles of his identity. No matter one’s status, that’s something everyone can relate to.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thought-provoking, moving, and highly personal memoir of Vargas’s struggle to belong. Recommended for all readers interested in immigration issues and American identity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Excruciatingly timely. . . .Vargas’ frank and fearless voice thoughtfully and intentionally challenges readers to confront the call for action at the heart of this book; the urgent need for “a new language around migration and the meaning of citizenship.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A clarion call for humanity in a time of unprecedented focus on the 11 million people living in America without a clear path to citizenship. Vargas writes passionately about the undeniable intersection between race, class, and immigration and traces the bitter history of American immigratin policy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Jose Antonio Vargas comes from a family of gamblers, and in his new book, he’s upping the ante — or maybe, given the current executive’s predilection for travel bans and family separations, he’s going all in. \u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e is a potent rejoinder to those who tell Vargas he’s supposed to ‘get in line’ for citizenship.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Jose Antonio Vargas’s powerful memoir is among many things a celebration of the millions of Americans who make immigrants like us feel at home in their country, regardless of our legal status, regardless of how much daily hostility we face. May this book cause their ranks to swell.”    - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eImbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most important immigration rights activists of our time, Vargas has, in this brief book, brilliantly elucidated one of our major political issues.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] stirring, soulful, and ultimately damning autobiography.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAV Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An engaging read, and a deeply moving memoir of coming of age with the odds stacked against you and not only forging a remarkable life for yourself, but becoming a voice for transformation and cultural change.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Vargas writes with a newspaper reporter’s spare, forceful prose, but he’s searching and highly introspective.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eDear America,\u003c\/em\u003e we get to know a young Vargas who was constantly told to stay in the shadows but whose tenacity and devotion had other plans for him.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The moments when Vargas describes how profoundly alienated he feels from his own family ate the most candid and crushing parts of the book....\u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e is a potent rejoinder to those who tell Vargas he’s supposed to ‘get in line’ for citizenship, as if there were a line instead og a confounding jumble of vague statues and executive orders.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Yes, this book couldn’t be more timely and more necessary, but this is no one-note polemic. This is a deeply personal and multilayered story told so gently and with such affection and humor that one hopes — hopes — that it would convince even the most hardened nativist of the merits of the United States continuing to be what it has always been, a nation of eternal welcome.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e] couldn’t be more timely and more necessary...a deeply personal and multilayered story told so gently and with such affection and humor.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave Eggers, New York Times bestselling author of What Is the What and The Monk of Mokha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This important book could not be more timely- Jose Antonio Vargas has put a human face on one of the most defining and polarizing issues of our time: immigration. \u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e is not a book about politics or policy; it is written from the very depths of the human heart.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilbert King, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove and Beneath a Ruthless Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a book for our times.  Read it, feel it at a gut level, and go beyond the noise of hate politics. Jose Antonio Vargas’ personal story is a firsthand view of what it’s like to be a child raised with anxiety as the norm.  It’s about serial homelessness, separation from family, and the necessity to conceal the truth about himself, even to himself.  This is a book about America.  l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Read it, feel it at a gut level, and go beyond the noise of hate politics...This is a book about America.  l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and Where the Past Begins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888503943397,"sku":"NP9780062851352","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062851352.jpg?v=1730229227","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dear-america-notes-of-an-undocumented-citizen-isbn-9780062851352","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}