The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You Summary
Dina Nayeri

The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You Overview

The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri is subtitled “What Immigrants Never Tell You.” The book is primarily a memoir of the author’s experiences fleeing an authoritarian government Eastern government for a new life in the West, but also includes narratives of other refugees whose experiences parallel the author’s own. As she considers the refugee experience from both a personal and researched perspective, the author also develops themes related to the nature and function of stories and the transformation of identity.