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I Was Their American Dream Image Comics and how she defied stateBy Malaka Gharib. Published by Penguin Random House. Softcover, 160 pages, Colour, 2019. I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming of age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams themselves, Malaka navigated her childhood chasing her parents ideals, learning to code switch between her familys Filipino and