Jende and Neni Jonga have risked everything to build a new life in New York. For the young Cameroonian couple, America represents hope, stability, and a future for their son. When Jende lands a job as a chauffeur for a Lehman Brothers executive, it feels like their dreams are finally within reach. But beneath the glitter of wealth and privilege, the Edwards family hides cracks of their own—and when the financial world collapses, those fractures threaten to pull everyone under.
Imbolo Mbue’s Behold the Dreamers is a moving portrait of love, ambition, and the fragility of the American Dream. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and a New York Times bestseller, it’s “a beautiful, empathetic novel” (The Boston Globe) that lingers long after the final page.
