What does it mean to be American? In this starkly illuminating and impassioned book, Pulitzer Prize­­–finalist Laila Lalami recounts her unlikely journey from Moroccan immigrant to U.S. citizen, using it as a starting point for her exploration of the rights, liberties, and protections that are traditionally associated with American citizenship. Tapping into history, politics, and literature, she elucidates how accidents of birth—such as national origin, race, and gender—that once determined the boundaries of Americanness still their shadows today.成为美国人意味着什么？在这本极具启发性和激情的书中，普利策奖入围者莱拉·拉拉米（LailaLami）讲述了她从摩洛哥移民到美国公民的不太可能的历程，并以此作为她探索传统上与美国公民身份相关的权利、自由和保护的起点。通过对历史、政治和文学的深入研究，她阐明了曾经决定美国性边界的出生事故，如民族血统、种族和性别，如今仍是阴影。