Books on a Theme - June is the Refugee/Immigrant Experience

Book Club where we will read from a choice of books that cover a different theme each month. June 20 is World Refugee Day. "Each year on 20 June, the world celebrates World Refugee Day, the international day to honour people who have been forced to flee." https://www.unhcr.org/get-involved/take-action/world-refugee-day

Pick one of these books to read and discuss! If you're motivated to read more than one, go for it! If you want to read or discuss a different book not listed here on the theme, feel free to share that book with the group. If you don't have time to read any of the books, but want to listen and/or partake in the discussion anyway, feel free! The books below reflect varied refugee and immigrant experiences:

• The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen - short story fiction collection
• Solito by Javier Zamora - memoir narrated from local author Zamora's 9yr-old self point of view and his journey from El Salvador to the U.S.
• Call Me American: A Memoir by Abdi Nor Iftin - his story details challenges in trying to leave war-torn Somalia to get to the U.S.
• My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez - the author was born in Tucson - a lot of her memoir takes place here.
• What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad - fiction/novel from viewpoint of 2 children

Zerai's on Broadway: https://www.z-street.com/zerais/