{"product_id":"2940169283716","title":"Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program is read by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA heartfelt memoir about the immigrant experience from NPR correspondent Aarti Namdev Shahani.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e belongs in America? That question has chased every newcomer and many native born since the founding of the republic. In this heart-wrenching, vulnerable and witty memoir, journalist Aarti Shahani digs deep inside herself and her family for an answeramp;mdash;one that she finds in an unlikely place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shahanis came to Queensamp;mdash;from India, by way of Casablancaamp;mdash;in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This memoir is the story of how they did, and didn't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares \u003c\/i\u003efollows the lives of Aarti, the precocious scholarship kid at one of Manhattan's most elite prep schools, and her dad, the shopkeeper who mistakenly sells watches and calculators to the notorious Cali drug cartel. Together, the two represent the extremes that coexist in our country, even within a single family, and a truth about immigrants that gets lost in the headlines. It isn't a matter of good or evil; it's complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eHere We Are\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age story, a love letter from an outspoken modern daughter to her soft-spoken Old World father. She never expected they'd become best friends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114379624688,"sku":"2940169283716","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169283716_p0.jpg?v=1763678593","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169283716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}