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Hartman, Susan, 1952- author.

City of refugees : the story of three newcomers who breathed life into a dying American town / Susan Hartman.

Boston : Beacon Press, 2022.

x, 249 pages

"City of Refugees is the story of three newcomers-a rebellious Somali Bantu girl; a Bosnian woman, who runs a home bakery; and an Iraqi interpreter, haunted by war-as they adapt to an old manufacturing city"-- Provided by publisher.

Women refugees -- United States -- Biography.

Women refugees -- New York (State) -- Utica -- Social conditions.

Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

Social conditions.

Women refugees.

Women refugees -- Social conditions.

Utica (N.Y.) -- Biography.

Utica (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

New York (State) -- Utica.

United States.

Biographies.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references.

Desire -- Fire -- The fight -- Truce -- The green onion -- Vows -- The gift -- The cake boss -- In bloom -- The wedding -- With strangers -- Shadow -- In Bosnia -- The strike force -- Graduation -- Confessions of a teacher -- Ismar's dream -- The ban -- The drone -- August -- Coming home -- The new apartment -- Lofts -- Mersiha leaps -- Bomb threat -- The Rutger restaurant -- Nineteen -- Designing a house -- The crossing -- Deployed -- The key -- Who will help you? -- They don't talk about it -- On the brink -- Solo -- Ramadan, 2019 -- The mayor's sweep -- Sadia's list -- The visit -- Renovating -- The baby shower -- Their generation -- Six months -- His text -- On the run -- On wings -- The opening -- Karma -- Epilogue. We rallied.

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