Publisher's Synopsis
With the Trump administration's policies on immigration, the feeling of "otherness" among first generationers in American is a hot topic.
The story dovetails nicely with immigrant and assimilation themes from Kumail Nanjiani's recent motion picture The Big Sick and Aziz Ansari's Netflix Series Master of None.
Despite the fact that the rate of intermarriage among American Jews is now over 50 percent, there is a distinct lack of Jewish literature regarding issues relating to assimilation.
Approximately 5.3 million people in the US identify as Jewish. (Pew Research)
An estimated 20 million adults in the US today are the American-born children of immigrants. (Pew Research)
AUDIENCE:
Young adult readers
New adult readers
Lovers of popular '80s music
Coming-of-age story readers, especially those who came of age in the '80s
Adults who prefer YA fiction
First generation Americans
Jewish readers
