Green Card & Other Essays

A collection of essays on immigration (2019)

Green Card & Other Essays - Aine Greaney Author

A collection of essays on immigration to the USA

Awards and Citations for the Essays in Green Card

The title essay was cited in “Best American Essays,” and the essay, “Sanctuary” was nominated for a Pushcart prize. “Sanctuary,” an essay about transatlantic bereavement, was also selected for inclusion in the anthology, “Paige Leaves: Essays Inspired by New England.”

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 Reviews of Green Card & Other Essays

“Green Card is an acutely serious contribution to the literature of immigration in our times.”

— James Silas Rogers, Author,  Irish-American Autobiography

“Áine Greaney’s deft, subtle, and deceptively quiet essays lead from the every day incident to the heart-breaking but never sentimental examination of the nexus of identity and “home.””

— Sandra Hunter, Author, Trip Wires

“Perhaps the book’s greatest strength is Greaney’s voice itself: heartfelt, honest and intimate; the essays read like a conversation with an old friend.”

— Merrimack Valley Magazine

“Green Card & Other Essays” by Áine Greaney is a must read — we need more of these voices to educate us about immigrant experiences …”

— Savvy Verse & Wit

“These are beautiful essays: short, intense, emotionally precise, moving.”

— Monday Morning Book Blog

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