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? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-<\/span><\/p>\n

An African disillusionment with the American dream:<\/span>Jacob Nti and Belinda Thomas <\/span>are two siblings separated by oceans and dreams.<\/span> While Jacob is divorced in Ghana after several failed attempts to join his wife in the US, Belinda has accomplished <\/span>What Napoleon Could Not Do<\/a><\/span>. T<\/span>he title of the novel encapsulates the American dream of a college education and a marriage to a wealthy businessman. But even the most spell-binding fairytale is not always what it appears to be. Bel<\/span>inda\u2019s <\/span>husband, Wilder, has a very different perspective of a country that consistently treats him as less-than because of the color of his skin. This debut novel by DK Nnuro is an engrossing investigation into what it means to immigrate, and what defines home and family as space and time separate them. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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