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Lies We Tell Ourselves: Winner of the 2016 Inaugural Amnesty Honour
出版社： HarperCollins Publisher
書林書號：
20209766
作者：
Talley, Robin
定價：
380
會員價：
$323
ISBN：
9781848452923
出版年份：
2014
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
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2016國際特赦組織獎(AMNESTY CILIP HONOUR)首次獲獎作品

一本探討種族、家人與愛的動人故事。
1959年，當美國的黑人民權運動正如火如荼地開展時，一名黑人少女莎拉即將進入白人學校傑佛森學園就讀，她深知整個城鎮都不歡迎她，包括州長、議員、校長和她的同學，從來沒有黑人進入傑佛森學園，更別說是學生了。而理應最討厭她的女生，同時也是學校的風雲人物—琳達赫爾斯頓，她的爸媽是鎮上出名的種族隔離主義者，從未與任何黑人互動過的她與沙拉相遇了。

奇蹟的發生總是難以預料，大家都覺得她們應該互相憎恨，而琳達與莎拉不但沒有討厭對方，在一次又一次的對話裡，她們逐漸了解彼此，琳達也發現自己過去抱持的種族主義是如此荒謬殘忍。但琳達越是與莎拉相處越久，一種難以形容的感受在她心中蔓生，這是錯的，這是錯的，她告訴自己，但為什麼神會讓一件錯的事如此令人感到幸福呢？作者Robin Tally的出道作便大膽挑戰種族與同志議題，巧妙結合美國1950年代的環境氛圍，為這個揪心又深刻的故事更增添真實的元素，也再次使我們深思何謂平等與愛。

In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. 

Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the previously all-white Jefferson High School. An honors student at her old school, she is put into remedial classes, spit on and tormented daily. 

Linda Hairston is the daughter of one of the town's most vocal opponents of school integration. She has been taught all her life that the races should be kept "separate but equal." 

Forced to work together on a school project, Sarah and Linda must confront harsh truths about race, power and how they really feel about one another. 

Boldly realistic and emotionally compelling, Lies We Tell Ourselves is a brave and stunning novel about finding truth amid the lies, and finding your voice even when others are determined to silence it.
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