小說/散文

Downstairs Girl
出版社： Random House, Inc. (International Division)
書林書號：
20279387
作者：
Lee, Stacey
定價：
385
會員價：
$327
ISBN：
9781524740979
出版年份：
2021
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
400
  • 本書介紹
【白天是低聲下氣的女傭，夜晚則是為人喉舌的專欄作家】
白天，17 歲的 Jo Kuan 為亞特蘭大生性殘忍的當地富豪之女擔任女傭。但到了晚上，則以筆構築一位來自南方的優雅女士，用「親愛的甜心小姐」作為筆名，為報紙意見專欄寫作。

Jo的專欄廣受歡迎，她試圖利用文字的力量解決社會的弊病，挑戰種族和性別的傳統觀念，但她還沒有準備好應對隨之而來的強烈反對。當她的對手嚷著要揭開甜心小姐的秘密身份時，一封神秘的信讓Jo開始尋找她自己的過去以及那在她還是強褓時就拋棄她的雙親。而當她的努力使她成為亞特蘭大的眾矢之的時，Jo將抉擇是否要告別生活在陰影中的習慣，踏入光明。

By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady, "Dear Miss Sweetie." When her column becomes wildly popular, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society's ills, but she's not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender. While her opponents clamor to uncover the secret identity of Miss Sweetie, a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta's most notorious criminal, Jo must decide whether she, a girl used to living in the shadows, is ready to step into the light. With prose that is witty, insightful, and at times heartbreaking, Stacey Lee masterfully crafts an extraordinary social drama set in the New South.

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