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Laugh your way through serious topics
By HOLLY KOZELSKY - Bulletin Accent Editor
Two of the most fun books you may read in quite a while are about characters migrating to a new country. They are so comical and enjoyable that you don’t even notice the serious themes of globalization and exploitation until you realize they just sort of soaked into you.
“Strawberry Fields” by Marina Lewycka (2007, Penguin Books) and “Into the Beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea (2009, Little, Brown) are set on different sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Lewycka’s characters come from Poland, the Ukraine, China and Africa for summer work in England and other parts of Europe.
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