The Magic Fish

【無法言喻，這樣的我】

Tiến 一家是來自越南的美國移民，其父母即便對美國文化以及語言都還在適應階段，還是為了養育孩子努力工作打拼。而 Tiến 則愛上了閱讀，他總愛去圖書館借回成堆的童話書，沉浸在故事裡，這樣能夠讓他暫時逃避與父母親的溝通。因為他不曉得該怎麼與父母對話，Tiến 總是被當成不成熟的孩子看待，更別說爸媽的英文其實比他還要差，他要怎麼用越南語溝通，有什麼字眼能夠表達，當一切就算沒有語言障礙也難以言喻的事－Tiến 的性傾向是同志。

身為有色人種、移民第二代、同志...等等多重身分的 Tiến，常常感到孤獨、沒有人能夠理解他，除了語言的隔閡外，世代之間的觀念差距，也讓他遲遲不敢向父母開口。但藉由童話故事，角色與角色之間的遭遇互相映照，逐漸引領 Tiến 敞開心房。本書推薦給所有需要勇氣開啟對話的讀者。

Real life isn't a fairytale.

But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through?

Is there a way to tell them he's gay?