"The Immigrant" is a novel-chronicle by Linda Shane Reinken about the complex relationship between a mother and a daughter who have gone through the path of immigrant adaptation. The main character, a young French writer, decides to go to the state of Indiana, where the people were left by the Nazi regime. Due to passionate conflicts with her mother's beliefs, she is forced to learn about herself and her roots, thinking about what is really important to her and how her journey will end. The novel "The Emigrant" is a dramatic story of family ties, identity and finding oneself in a new environment.