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Pursuit of the American Dream: A Rags-to-Riches Story Only America Could Tell
Paperback
Series: Inspirational Books by Dr. Jerry, Book 9
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 16 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Pursuit of the American Dream: A Rags-to-Riches Story Only America Could Tell
What does the American Dream actually cost?
Set against the sun-washed perfection of Palm Springs, Pursuit of the American Dream is a quietly powerful novel about ambition, invisibility, love, and moral reckoning in a country where opportunity is promised - but not evenly distributed.
Galinda inherits a life of comfort, order, and certainty. Raul arrives with discipline, patience, and a dream that has learned how to wait. When their lives intersect, what begins as an arrangement shaped by convenience slowly evolves into something far more complicated - and far more revealing.
As time passes, roles blur. Power settles into silence. Gratitude replaces obligation. And success begins to ask questions neither of them expected to answer.
Told with restraint and emotional depth, this novel explores the unseen dynamics that govern class, migration, labor, and recognition in modern America. It is not a story of villains or heroes, but of systems - how they shape lives, reward endurance, and demand payment long after success arrives.
Pursuit of the American Dream is a story about:
What it means to belong without being seen
How timing and access redefine merit
The quiet cost of ambition, loyalty, and love
And the moment when success forces a moral choice
This is not a celebration of arrival.
It is an examination of what happens after.
Thoughtful, human, and unsentimental, Pursuit of the American Dream invites readers to look beyond the promise - and ask what remains when the dream comes true.
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