The rest of the title: My Journey From Refugee to Congresswoman. This is a memoir by Ilhan Omar, one of the so called Squad in Congress. Far left liberal women in Congress. A good read about where she comes from & her struggles to get where she is today. She & her family were forced from their home in Somali when she was 8 and were lucky to get to a refugee camp in Kenya. They were there for 4 years struggling to survive until they received refugee status & able to come to the US. Her struggles in school, struggles with their community and as she got older the patriarchal part of the community too. Her struggles with love life & raising a family, she truly had to juggle a lot to keep going to get her where she is today. Even if you don't agree with her politics, she is a true American success story and shows how our country is a great country. A great country even if not everything about our country is great. I enjoyed this read.
There is 1 WL for this book in PBS so plan to post & mail off hopefully soon. Too much bad weather--cold and snow--to do so right now though.
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