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The other Americans, Laila Lalami

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The other Americans

Laila Lalami

"Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraouifather, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrantis hit and killed by a speeding car. The aftermath of his death brings together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora, a jazz composer returning to the small town in the Mojave she thought she'd left for good; her mother, Maryam, who still pines for her life in the old country; Efraín, an undocumented witness whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward; Jeremy, an old friend of Noras and an Iraqi War veteran; Coleman, a detective who is slowly discovering her sons secrets; Anderson, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his family; and the murdered man himself. As the charactersdeeply divided by race, religion, and classtell their stories, each in their own voice, connections among them emerge. Drisss family confronts its secrets, a town faces its hypocrisies, and lovemessy and unpredictableis born."--, Amazon