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• City of Refuge's Homepage

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• Refugee Stories - City of Refuge

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• Volunteer with City of Refuge

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• The Donut King - Kanopy

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  An immigrant story with a (glazed) twist, THE DONUT KING follows the journey of Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy, who arrived in California in the 1970s and, through a mixture of diligence and luck, built a multi-million dollar donut empire up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Dirt

  Cummins, Jeanine

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  Lydia lives in Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while cracks are beginning to show in Acapulco because of the cartels, Lydia’s life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Middle of Everywhere

  the World's Refugees Come to Our Town

  Pipher, Mary Bray

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  In cities and towns all over the country, refugees arrive daily. Lost Boys from Sudan, survivors from Kosovo, families fleeing Afghanistan and Vietnam: they come with nothing but the desire to experience the American dream. Their endurance…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Sad Is Untrue

  a True Story

  Nayeri, Daniel

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  "A patchwork story is the shame of the refugee," Nayeri writes early in the novel. In an Oklahoman middle school, Khosrou (whom everyone calls Daniel) stands in front of a skeptical audience of classmates, telling the tales of his family's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sympathizer

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.

• The Committed

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  The Committed follows the man of two minds as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Man of Two Faces

  a Memoir, a History, a Memorial

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing Ever Dies

  Vietnam and the Memory of War

  Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-

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  All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Umbrellas

  Farmer, Twila,

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  Written by a Missourian and illustrated with people from a local refugee family, Umbrellas tells the story of a young girl as she watches her mother, who makes homemade umbrellas in her homeland of Northern Thailand. These beautifully…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women of Refuge Podcast Series

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  The Refugee Storytellers Collective partnered with Daughters of Change to produce "Women of Refuge," a podcast series featuring the powerful voices of refugee women who are giving back to their communities across the U.S.

• The Swiss Nurse

  a Novel

  Escobar, Mario, 1971-

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  Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.

• I Will Always Write Back

  How One Letter Changed Two Lives

  Alifirenka, Caitlin,

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  The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever.

• The Windermere Children

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  The Windermere Children is a new feature-length dramatization of a remarkable true story about hope in the aftermath of the Holocaust.

• Home of the Brave

  Applegate, Katherine

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  Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind.

• Sweetness in the Belly

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  Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb’s widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Human Flow - Kanopy

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  Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis.

• Beautiful Country

  a Memoir

  Wang, Qian Julie, 1987-

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  In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation