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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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My First Day in America: A Quiet Journey of Arrival, Fear, and Finding Home

My First Day in America: A Quiet Journey of Arrival, Fear, and Finding Home

Corlin, Evan

Paperback

Literary Fiction

ISBN13: 9798247053590
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 6 2026
Pages: 54
Weight: 0.14
Height: 0.13 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
My First Day in America is a quiet, emotional story about arrival-what it feels like to step into a new country carrying hope, fear, and memories that refuse to stay behind.

On his first day in America, a young immigrant walks through unfamiliar streets, hears a new language around him, and realizes how far he is from everything he once called home. With only a small suitcase and a phone full of unanswered messages, he begins the slow process of learning how to belong.

Told in a deeply personal voice, this novel follows the moments that rarely make headlines: waiting at airports, missing family across time zones, finding comfort in small kindnesses, and discovering strength in silence. As memories of home blend with the challenges of a new life, the journey becomes less about survival-and more about becoming.

Inspired by true events, My First Day in America is not a story of instant success, but of resilience, identity, and the quiet courage it takes to stay when everything feels unfamiliar.

This book is for readers who:

Have left home to start again

Understand the weight of goodbyes

Believe belonging is built one day at a time

A reflective, hopeful read with a gentle emotional pull, My First Day in America reminds us that sometimes the hardest journeys begin with a single step-and a decision not to turn back.

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