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Imbolo Mbue

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Imbolo Mbue is a native of Limbe, Cameroon. She holds a B.S. from Rutgers University and an M.A. from Columbia University. A resident of the United States for over a decade, she lives in New York City. BEHOLD THE DREAMERS is her first novel.

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“People in this country, always worrying about how to eat, they pay someone good money to tell them: Eat this, don’t eat that. If you don’t know how to eat, what else can you know how to do in this world?”
― Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers
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“Our people say no condition is permanent, Mr. Edwards. Good times must come to an end, just like bad times, whether we want it or not.”
― Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers
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“indeed, bad news has a way of slithering into good days and making a mockery of complacent joys.”
― Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers
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Polls

What book would you like to read for our October 2023 Group Read? The theme is Dreams.

 
  14 votes 16.7%

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
Young Adult, Fantasy
 
  12 votes 14.3%

 
  12 votes 14.3%

Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
Fantasy, Vampires
 
  12 votes 14.3%

 
  9 votes 10.7%

 
  8 votes 9.5%

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction, Dystopia
 
  7 votes 8.3%

 
  5 votes 6.0%

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Africa, Literary Fiction
 
  3 votes 3.6%

Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Contemporary, Literary Fiction
 
  2 votes 2.4%

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