{"product_id":"dear-america-lp","title":"Dear America LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This riveting, courageous memoir ought to be mandatory reading for every American.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichelle Alexander, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"l cried reading this book, realizing more fully what my parents endured.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Amy Tan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhere the Past Begins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book couldn't be more timely and more necessary.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003eDave Eggers, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Is the What\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Monk of Mokha\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, called \"the most famous undocumented immigrant in America,\" tackles one of the defining issues of our time in this explosive and deeply personal call to arms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is not a book about the politics of immigration. This book--at its core--is not about immigration at all. This book is about homelessness, not in a traditional sense, but in the unsettled, unmoored psychological state that undocumented immigrants like myself find ourselves in. This book is about lying and being forced to lie to get by; about passing as an American and as a contributing citizen; about families, keeping them together, and having to make new ones when you can't. This book is about constantly hiding from the government and, in the process, hiding from ourselves. This book is about what it means to not have a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 25 years of living illegally in a country that does not consider me one of its own, this book is the closest thing I have to freedom.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Jose Antonio Vargas, from \u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVargas, Jose Antonio:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated producer. His work has appeared internationally in \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, as well as in the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cem\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2014, he received the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the non-profit media and culture organization Define American, named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. An elementary school named after him will open in his hometown of Mountain View, California in 2019. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperLuxe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459916108050,"sku":"9780062860972","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18e0d109-2f37-427c-8305-2df83a6a5065.jpg?v=1730015021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dear-america-lp","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}