Sandro Galea — Alien: Reflections on Being an Immigrant - with Julie Rovner — at Union Market

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A personal treatise from distinguished social scientist Sandro Galea on the indelible effects of being an immigrant—and what it means for the greater good."I am one of the lucky ones," writes Sandro Galea. Galea left home in Malta at fourteen with his parents and sister as the island was rocked by political turmoil. The family made their way to Canada and Galea, in turn, eventually made his way to the United States. This is the story of Galea's long, surreal journey of forging a life in a series of new and unfamiliar places. With spare and deeply affecting prose, Alien https://politics prose.com/book/9780226853970 is a poignant exploration of what it means to build a life across borders—and why it's important for all of us. Galea's intimate and personal story frames th…

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