children of immigrants

Explores the cultural conflicts that can occur within families when children of immigrants have to cope with parents having different morals and values.

New Orleans college student Leslie Beaudet, tormented by family problems and a violent incident from the past, snaps when she learns her boyfriend is cheating on her with a waitress, and turns to the practice of voodoo to help rid herself of her problems.

New Orleans college student Leslie Beaudet, tormented by family problems and a violent incident from the past, snaps when she learns her boyfriend is cheating on her with a waitress, and turns to the practice of voodoo to help rid herself of her problems.

The author describes how he lived as a child in two worlds: on the one hand in affluent America, and on the other, a dark world with refugee parents who could not forget what they lost in the Holocaust.

Andy experiences extreme culture shock when he travels to Vietnam with his father, a former refugee who is returning to his home country for the first time.

Presents a discussion of various issues pertaining to first-generation immigrant families, covering different challenges, such as discrimination and cultural adaptation, that face those who are newly arrived to the United States.

Teenage immigrants from various countries recount the emotional experience of fleeing their homelands and adjusting to a new life in the United States.

Presents a collection of essays that debate various topics relating to the children of undocumented immigrants, including whether such children deserve better education options, whether lawmakers should reject or pass the DREAM act, and whether children of illegal immigrants should be considered U.S. citizens.

Sara Smolinsky, the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi in 1920s New York, rejects her father's conception of Jewish womanhood and makes a stand for independence when she takes a job as an ironer and rents a room of her own.

Discusses immigrants and refugees who do not speak English and how to help them learn English.