The Immigrant Trilogy comprises three previously published works: To Cross an Ocean: Apognosis, The Other Side of Dreams, and The Storytelling Cat. These three works can be read independently – indeed, the order doesn’t matter – but only by reading all three of them can a reader appreciate the full scope of the themes involved. In that sense, I view The Immigrant Trilogy not as a collection of three novels but a three-volume novel.
The title gives an indication of the major connective element: immigration. However, although the plots and characters of this work do focus on actual immigration – being a stranger in a strange land – the concept must be examined from a more general, more metaphorical perspective.
We are all immigrants in some aspects of our lives. Some of us might be non-binary, others might be disabled. Perhaps we are single parents, or we try to cope with some mental health challenge. The bottom line is, one way or another we are “misfits”; we (feel that we) don’t belong.
