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A powerful reminder that service and other low-wage workers are complex and inspiring in their dogged efforts to remain afloat. This book features stories that serve as a chance to humanize debates about work, race, and immigration.

Trade Review
"An interesting look at a puzzling society-ours-from the point of view of a sympathetic but not uncritical outsider." Kirkus Reviews "With careful candor and clarity, [Deepak Singh] shows the challenges facing new immigrants and the effort it takes to surmount them." Booklist

Table of Contents
Foreword by Holly Donahue Singh
Acknowledgments

1. Answering Machine
2. Lucknow
3. Transit
4. My American Wife
5. Job Application
6. Hired
7. First Day
8. One Month’s Notice
9. English
10. Colleagues
11. Olive Skin
12. Camera King
13. Don’t Buy It
14. Foreigner
15. My Name Is Deepak
16. I’m Straight Today
17. Holly and I
18. All Hands on Deck
19. Long Two Years
20. The Golden Quarter
21. Two Americas
22. Paula
23. Cameron
24. Don’t Sue Me!
25. Post-Christmas Blues
26. A Handful of Dimes
27. India Visit

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 2/14/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520293304, 978-0520293304
      ISBN10: 0520293304
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A powerful reminder that service and other low-wage workers are complex and inspiring in their dogged efforts to remain afloat. This book features stories that serve as a chance to humanize debates about work, race, and immigration.

      Trade Review
      "An interesting look at a puzzling society-ours-from the point of view of a sympathetic but not uncritical outsider." Kirkus Reviews "With careful candor and clarity, [Deepak Singh] shows the challenges facing new immigrants and the effort it takes to surmount them." Booklist

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by Holly Donahue Singh
      Acknowledgments

      1. Answering Machine
      2. Lucknow
      3. Transit
      4. My American Wife
      5. Job Application
      6. Hired
      7. First Day
      8. One Month’s Notice
      9. English
      10. Colleagues
      11. Olive Skin
      12. Camera King
      13. Don’t Buy It
      14. Foreigner
      15. My Name Is Deepak
      16. I’m Straight Today
      17. Holly and I
      18. All Hands on Deck
      19. Long Two Years
      20. The Golden Quarter
      21. Two Americas
      22. Paula
      23. Cameron
      24. Don’t Sue Me!
      25. Post-Christmas Blues
      26. A Handful of Dimes
      27. India Visit

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