THE LIFE OF A BANANA
Book ID/图书代码： 08090014B69025
English Summary/英文概要： Xing Li is what the Chinese call a banana - yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Although born and raised in London, she never feels like she fits in. When her mother dies, she moves with her older brother to live with venomous Grandma, strange Uncle Ho and Hollywood actress Auntie Mei. Her only friend is Jay - a mixed raced Jamaican boy with a passion for classical music.
Then Xing Li’s life takes an even harsher turn: the school bullying escalates and her uncle requests she assist him in an unthinkable favour. Her happy childhood becomes a distant memory as her new life is infiltrated with the harsh reality that comes with adolescence.
Consumed by secrets, violence and confusing family relations, Xing Li tries to find hope wherever she can. She realises that in order to find her own identity, she must first discover what it means to be both Chinese and British.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 李星就是我们中国人口中的香蕉人，也就是黄种人的外表，白种人的内心。虽然李星从小在伦敦出生长大，她却从没有觉得自己适应了这个环境。李星的妈妈死后，李星就和哥哥搬去和恶毒的奶奶，古怪的叔叔和好莱坞女演员，也是他们的阿姨，梅一起住。李星唯一的朋友是一个非常热爱古典音乐的混血牙买加男孩，杰。之后，李星的生活变得更加艰难。学校里的人一直欺负她，她叔叔对她提出了无理的要求。童年快乐的记忆离李星越来越遥远，她的青春期充满了艰难的现实。
李星的生活充斥着秘密，暴力和复杂的家庭关系，李星想要逃离这样的家庭，无论哪里都可以。她意识到想要明确自己的身份，她必须先要搞清楚同时身为中国人和英国人意味着什么。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：BBC四频道，女性时光
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gvrjq
BBC世界
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026n5y1
BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gvrjq
BBC World Servicehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p026n5y1
About the Author/作者介绍： 王萍萍是第一位在英国出书的英籍华人。她拥有伦敦经济学院人类学和法学学位，还是www.bananawriters.com的编辑。
《香蕉人的生活》是她的处女作，讲述了一个12岁的英籍华人女孩在英国遇到的有关种族差异的问题。王在新加坡和英国长大。
PP Wong is the first British born Chinese novelist to secure a publishing deal in the UK. She has a degree in Anthropology and Law from The London School of Economics and is the editor of www.bananawriters.com
Her debut novel "The Life of a Banana" is about race relations in the UK seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old British born Chinese girl. She spends her life between London and Singapore.
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada & Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand
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