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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American." -Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow
"l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured." -Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy LuckâŠ
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1 author picked Dear America as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Vargasâs memoir begins, âI do not know where I will be when you read this book.â An undocumented immigrant (and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist) who was brought to the United States from the Philippines as a child, Vargas only learned that he was in the country illegally when he applied for a driverâs license at age 16. In 2011, after two decades in the shadows, Vargas publicly revealed his legal status. His anxious, tireless quest for a driverâs license, like his quest to belong in the only country he knows as home, raises urgent questions about the power of documents andâŠ
From Sarah's list on identity documents in the modern world.
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