{"product_id":"green-card-other-essays-9781732451421","title":"Green Card \u0026 Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGreen Card and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e,  ine Greaney invites her readers to follow her three-decades' long journey from Irish citizen and resident to new immigrant and green card holder to dual citizenship that now includes naturalized U.S. citizenship. These first-person essays offer an intimate perspective on the challenges--fear, displacement, assimilation and dueling identities--faced by many immigrants from all countries. They explore what inspires us to commit to a new country--and what holds us back. As a collection, \u003cem\u003eGreen Card \u003c\/em\u003eexemplifies the power of storytelling to build bridges of understanding and a deeper joy in our shared humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreaney, Aine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Áine Greaney is the author of two novels, Dance Lessons and The Big House, a collection of short stories, The Sheepbreeders Dance, and an instructional guide, Writer with a Day Job. Her essays and articles have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, NPR\/WBUR, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, The Drum, New Hibernia Review, and Litro Magazine. Educated in Dublin, Ireland and Albany, New York, she has been a U.S. resident for thirty-two years and a naturalized U.S. citizen for two-and counting. Greaney lives and works in the Boston area.","brand":"Wising Up Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856624554258,"sku":"9781732451421","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02f3ea00-bd98-4c62-bb44-7e258b81e35e.jpg?v=1737508951","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/green-card-other-essays-9781732451421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}