Summary
A young woman explores the personal costs that her family paid as they immigrated within the Middle East and then to the United States. She takes a close look at how immigration affects the relationship between generations. Beginning with her own turbulent relationship with her father today, the author travels back in time to Eastern Turkey at the turn of the 20 th century. She follows her grandfather from Turkey to Lebanon and then paints a portrait of the family in Beirut. From a life at the edge of Mediterranean Sea in the 1960s, the author tells the story of her father's immigration to Dartmouth, N.H. in the 1970s and finally Northern California. Along the way, she uncovers a cache of hidden family secrets. As she learns what her family never wanted her to know, the author makes some startling discoveries about her relationship with her family and herself.
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- Publication Date:2003
Thesis Information
- Degree:M.A.
- University:University of Southern California
- Advisor/Supervisor:W. Celis
- Pages:20
Publication Statements
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003
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- proquest:305319462
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