Dreaming in English by Laura Fitzgerald is the story of Tamila Soroush, an Iranian young woman who marries an American man that she falls in love with while in the States in a tourist visa, then trys to go through the process to stay.
It is an interesting cross cultural novel, however, I found the characters one dimensional and mostly unbelievable. A feel-good novel, where everything works out in the end.
It is an OK read, but for a much deeper look at the immigrant experience, try Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, the semi-autobiographical novel about Kwok's experience coming from Hong Kong to New York when she was young.
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