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portada Coming to America: A Jewish-Romanian Story of Belonging
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2026
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
22.86x15.24 cm
ISBN13
9781592117710

Coming to America: A Jewish-Romanian Story of Belonging

Ana Doina (Author) · Histria Books · Paperback

Coming to America: A Jewish-Romanian Story of Belonging - Ana Doina

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Synopsis "Coming to America: A Jewish-Romanian Story of Belonging"

A fierce, intimate memoir of leaving, becoming, and remembering. Coming to America brings Cold War history, immigrant identity, and motherhood into sharp, unforgettable focus.

Discover Ana Doina’s unforgettable chronicle of exile, survival, and second chances—from communist Romania to post‑9/11 America, where memory, motherhood, and identity collide.

Ana Doina grows up under communist rule in Romania, where secret police, censorship, and whispered family histories shape every choice. Years later, she lands in the United States with a baby in her arms, stunned by fast-talking strangers, ruthless efficiency, and a culture that seems at once generous and indifferent. Between these worlds lie earthquakes, crackdowns, lost homes, and the fragile hope that crossing borders might also mean crossing into freedom.

What gives this book its force is Doina’s sharp, unsentimental eye and her instinct for intimate detail: the taste of pickled vegetables in a bleak winter, the terror of a school interrogation over a careless remark, the awkward comedy of supermarket aisles filled with foods she cannot name. She braids personal memories with political history, reflections on Jewish identity, feminist anger, and the everyday labor of raising American children while still thinking in another language.

Readers who care about freedom, memory, and the quiet bravery of ordinary lives will find a story that lingers long after the last page.

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