TELL US WE’RE HOME

Book ID/图书代码： 02330009B33646

English Summary/英文概要： Jaya, Maria, and Lola have one thing in common: they’re the daughters of maids and nannies in their prosperous suburban town of Meadowbrook. Together, the girls make up a mini United Nations: Jaya is from Trinidad, Maria is from Mexico, and Lola is from Slovakia. They couldn’t be more different, but they share a longing to fit in and succeed among their more privileged peers. But then Jaya’s mother is accused of stealing some valuable jewelry from an old lady whose house she takes care of. Suddenly the once-idyllic, seemingly liberal town of Meadowbrook becomes a place of ugly tensions and racism, and even the girls’ friendship threatens to buckle under the strain. Is this what the American dream is all about? Once again, Marina Budhos has written a thoughtful and ambitious novel about class and the cultural differences that can unite as well as divide us.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 雖然和妳膚色不同，但我在這成長及生活…請讓我把也能把這裡當成家！

Jaya, Maria及Lola三個女孩有個共通性，就是她們的母親都在當地小鎮當女傭或保母的工作，此外她們的家族背景同樣是來自外地的美國移民，也因此讓三位成為無話不說的好朋友。Jaya父母來自千里達、Maria則是墨西哥裔，而Lola是遠從東歐的斯洛伐克來到美國這個傳統小鎮中，她們不僅分享彼此的思鄉之情，也一起努力在這充滿特權的國度中生存。
但是當Jaya的母親被指控偷了幫傭雇主家中一位老太太的珠寶後，整個小鎮一股莫名的種族意識突然高漲，認為這群外來移民為當地人帶來麻煩，而Jaya與其他兩位好友的友情似乎也因此產生變化？難道這究竟是追逐美國夢的下場？一段堅定的友情會因一個挑起文化及種族差異事件而就此結束嗎？(VL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Marina Budhos，美國威廉派特森大學（William Paterson University）英文系助理教授，寫作對象含跨成人及青少年。著作包含美國圖書館協會最佳青少年書籍暢銷書《Ask Me No Questions》及《Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers》等青少年書籍，另外成人著作有《Sugar Changed the World》及兩本小說。目前與丈夫、兩個兒子住在美國紐澤西。http://www.marinabudhos.com/

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