{"product_id":"welcome-to-the-new-world-9781250305596","title":"Welcome to the New World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in a full-length book, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter escaping a Syrian prison, Ibrahim Aldabaan and his family fled the country to seek protection in America. Among the few refugees to receive visas, they finally landed in JFK airport on November 8, 2016, Election Day. The family had reached a safe harbor, but woke up to the world of Donald Trump and a Muslim ban that would sever them from the grandmother, brothers, sisters, and cousins stranded in exile in Jordan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the New World\u003c\/i\u003e tells the Aldabaans' story. Resettled in Connecticut with little English, few friends, and even less money, the family of seven strive to create something like home. As a blur of language classes, job-training programs, and the fearsome first days of high school (with hijab) give way to normalcy, the Aldabaans are lulled into a sense of security. A white van cruising slowly past the house prompts some unease, which erupts into full terror when the family receives a death threat and is forced to flee and start all over yet again. The America in which the Aldabaans must make their way is by turns kind and ignorant, generous and cruel, uplifting and heartbreaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelivered with warmth and intimacy, Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan's \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the New World \u003c\/i\u003eis a wholly original view of the immigrant experience, revealing not only the trials and successes of one family but showing the spirit of a town and a country, for good and bad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250305596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jake Halpern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648742879388,"sku":"9781250305596","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_923ccdb1-279d-4f1e-9e46-f6a3589b8f74.jpg?v=1603870908","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/welcome-to-the-new-world-9781250305596","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}