I Was Their American Dream : Clarkson Potter : 9780525575115 : 0525575111 : 18 Apr 2019 : ?A portrait of growing up in America, and a portrait of family, that pulls off the feat of being both intimately specific and deeply universal at the same time. I adored this book.??Jonny Sun   ?[A] high-spirited graphical memoir . . . Gharib's wisdom about the power and limits of racial identity is evident in the way she draws.??NPR WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD ? NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR ? The New York Public Library ? Kirkus Reviews I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents' ideals, learning to code-switch between her family's Filipino and Egyptian customs, adapting to white culture to fit in, crushing on ska