My mother grew up in Bolivia and moved to the United States when she was 19. The rest of her family followed suit. Though I was born and grew up in the United States, I was brought up in a Bolivian family and because of it, my entire life I've felt like I have been living in a foreign country, far away from home. Though I was born in the United States and look like I'm from the United States, I experience deep culture shock every day that hardly anyone understands. The Immigrant's Chronicles is the story of a woman from Senegal who ventures to the United States, filled with her innermost hopes and dreams. Yet, hardly anything turned out how she expected, and hardly anything worked out as she planned. The Immigrant's Chronicles places a new lens on American culture - taking the seemingly familiar and revealing just how strange it really is. I related a lot with this book a lot. It resonated with me, reminding me of that deep yearning that I carry to go back home - true home.