
'The Best Possible Experiences' captures immigrant experience through short stories
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The Cost of Immigration
This is a collection of short stories, all of which have something to do with the immigrant experience. Why did you want it to be about immigration? I'll be completely honest. The minute I landed in Philadelphia International Airport, at the immigration counter, I saw an officer and they were saying something to me and I was really struggling to understand what they were saying. Immediately, I had a sense that I've made the biggest mistake of my life. It's not because I feel like I can't survive or adapt in America because I can. You're right. It ends one version of you and then creates another version in a sense.
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