Dreaming in English

Name: Dreaming in English
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Laura Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781441839619

Author: Laura Fitzgerald

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 02/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

Knowing she could never be happy in Iran, Tamila Soroush took her mother’s advice to “Go and wake up your luck” and joined her sister in the United States, where amazing freedoms awaited her. Now, after a spur-of-the-moment exchange of “I do’s” with her true love, Ike Hanson, Tami is eager to start her new life. But not everyone is pleased with their marriage, and Tami’s happily-ever-after is no sure thing. As tensions escalate, Tami’s sense of self-worth takes a beating, especially when her earlier attempts to find a husband on a visitor’s visa return to haunt her. And there are her parents, stuck behind in a country that betrayed them. How can she be happy when they are not? Tami is beginning to understand that freedom is not for the faint of heart. With so much stacked against her, and her immigration interview looming, she wonders whether she’s got the right stuff when it comes to love, American-style. Maybe her luck is running out...or maybe she’ll step up to the plate and claim her American dream.

About Laura Fitzgerald

A native of Wisconsin, Laura Fitzgerald lives in Arizona with her husband, who is of Iranian descent, and their two children. Her favorite part of being an author is interacting with readers and attending book clubs by phone and in person.

Reviews

Goodreads review by chanceofbooks on February 17, 2011

Sequels are very tricky things, but Fitzgerald hits all the right notes with this follow-up to her acclaimed "Veil of Roses." Veil of Roses is one of my top five all-time favorite books from a lifetime of voracious reading. I love its writing and message so much that I use it as a supplemental text......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on February 08, 2011

I agree with everyone who said that while sequels are sometimes disappointing, this one is not. I might even love this book more than the first. Tamila is one of the most charming characters I've read--and her story, from Iraq to Tucson to her quest for citizenship and figuring out how to stand on h......more

Goodreads review by Bobbie on March 30, 2011

This is a beautiful story of the yearning for the freedom that so many of us take for granted. It's a page turner that left me with misty eyes and a smile on my face.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 26, 2011

I was thoroughly impressed by Laura Fitzgerald’s Veil of Roses, so as soon as I found out there was more to the story, a sequel called Dreaming in English, I headed to the library to check it out. It’s not often that a sequel out does the first book. However, I think that Fitzgerald did a wonderful......more

Goodreads review by Linda on April 20, 2011

Tamila Soroush comes to America ostensibly to visit her sister, but hoping to find someone to marry so she can stay in America. Her sister tries to arrange a marriage between Tami and a Persian man, but all efforts fall through. On the last day before she must go back to Iran, Tami opens her hotel d......more