Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family by Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family by Tyler Perry

A National Bestseller

What does an undocumented immigrant look like? What kind of family must she come from? How could she get into this country? What is the true price she must pay to remain in the United States?

JULISA ARCE knows firsthand that the most common, preconceived answers to those questions are sometimes far too simple-and often just plain wrong.

On the surface, Arce's story reads like a how-to manual for achieving the American dream: growing up in an apartment on the outskirts of San Antonio, she worked tirelessly, achieved academic excellence, and landed a coveted job on Wall Street, complete with a six-figure salary. The level of professional and financial success that she achieved was the very definition of the American dream. But in this brave new memoir, Arce digs deep to reveal the physical, financial, and emotional costs of the stunning secret that she, like many other high-achieving, successful individuals in the United States, had been forced to keep not only from her bosses, but even from her closest friends.

From the time she was brought to this country by her hardworking parents as a child, Arce-the scholarship winner, the honors college graduate, the young woman who climbed the ladder to become a vice president at Goldman Sachs-had secretly lived as an undocumented immigrant. In this surprising, at times heart-wrenching, but always inspirational personal story of struggle, grief, and ultimate redemption, Arce takes readers deep into the little-understood world of a generation of undocumented immigrants in the United States today- people who live next door, sit in your classrooms, work in the same office, and may very well be your boss. By opening up about the story of her successes, her heartbreaks, and her long-fought journey to emerge from the shadows and become an American citizen, Arce shows us the true cost of achieving the American dream-from the perspective of a woman who had to scale unseen and unimaginable walls to get there.

Tyler Perry is a playwright, producer, director, composer, and actor who has worked on a variety of projects. He's the brains behind eleven theatrical shows that have toured across the country. He also wrote, produced, and starred in the recent box office smash Diary of a Crazy Black Woman. Madea's Family Reunion, his second feature film, which he wrote, produced, directed, and appears in, will be released in February 2006. His debut novel is Don't Make a Black Lady Take Off Her Earrings.

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Title	Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
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Running time	477
Audience Rating	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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