Zeitoun: Life of an Immigrant After Katrina

September 29, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dave Eggers, known for his self-reflective, verbose works, wrote Zeitoun, a character-driven potboiler account of a single family living in New Orleans. With the story of the Zietouns, Eggers reaches to the core of each reader’s pathos. He lets the reader know his true feelings about immigration with this great narrative of nonfiction. The protagonist […]

Book Reviews for You: The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler

August 30, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes The novel begins in the summer of 1962 at Camp Chippewa in northern Wisconsin, with the bugler waiting for Nelson Doughty to come and play to wake the troops for another day of earning merit badges and learning skills that will last a life time. Doughty is someone who has a knack for scouting; he […]

Book Reviews for You: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

July 25, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes “In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly at peace, or at least not yet openly at war…” writes Mohsin Hamid to hook and catch the reader into a tale that speaks volumes to the modern crises of immigration. Which, if we watch the news and follow President Trump’s twitter, is an issue one […]