I Was Their American Dream Image Comics By Gabrielle Bell

By Gabrielle Bell

This merciless memoir delivers laughter with a wince

The Toronto Star An engrossing and affecting coming of age story

and it coincides with her worries about food

I Was Their American Dream Image Comics By Gabrielle BellBy Malaka Gharib. Published by Penguin Random House. Softcover, 160 pages, Colour, 2019. 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 familys Filipino and