American Dream? Snapshots of the Middle Class |
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| Author:
| Bersh, Luz
Anderson, Jennifer |
| Cover Design by:
| Bersh, Luz |
| Based on a work by:
| Garcia-Pena, Natalia |
| Editor:
| Fajardo, Luis |
| Contribution by:
| Farmer, Mitchell |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4921-6462-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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"What happened to my 'American Dream'?"Maria Clara Vargas, a Colombian-American university professor has been unemployed for over a year. As she deeply mourns the death of her American Dream and struggles to come to terms with her social invisibility, she reveals a portrait of what it means to be middle-class in America today. The story is woven through interconnected snapshots of individual characters, neighbors in Building 12, Luxury Apartments. As a realistic fiction novel, the...
More Description"What happened to my 'American Dream'?"Maria Clara Vargas, a Colombian-American university professor has been unemployed for over a year. As she deeply mourns the death of her American Dream and struggles to come to terms with her social invisibility, she reveals a portrait of what it means to be middle-class in America today. The story is woven through interconnected snapshots of individual characters, neighbors in Building 12, Luxury Apartments. As a realistic fiction novel, the characters and their stories have been born from real people and the collection of real accounts from a wide diverse population. However, the characters themselves are fictional and any resemblance to reality is coincidental.The book contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.