兒童英語讀本

Things We Couldn't Say
出版社： Scholastic INC.
書林書號：
20279684
作者：
Coles, Jay
定價：
665
會員價：
$565
ISBN：
9781338734188
出版年份：
2021
裝訂：
精裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
【打開衣櫃，看見愛看見自己】
黑人男孩Gio正處於茫然的困境，除了他對同性有莫名好感外，酗酒習慣的父親，九歲時拋下他離開很久的母親回歸讓他慌亂不已，徘徊在是否選擇原諒母親中，Gio又發現他對籃球隊新成員David暗生情愫，這些年以言述的家庭矛盾與愛情糾結，讓他在成長中學會勇敢，了解自我。

From one of the brightest and most acclaimed new lights in YA fiction, a fantastic new novel about a bi Black boy finding first love . . . and facing the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine.
There's always been a hole in Gio's life. Not because he's into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No, the hole in Gio's life takes the shape of his birth mom, who left Gio, his brother, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years, he never heard a word from her . . . and now, just as he's started to get his life together, she's back.

It's hard for Gio to know what to do. Can he forgive her like she wants to be forgiven? Or should he tell her she lost her chance to be in his life? Complicating things further, Gio's started to hang out with David, a new guy on the basketball team. Are they friends? More than friends? At first, Gio's not sure . . . especially because he's not sure what he wants from anyone right now.

There are no easy answers to love -- whether it's family love or friend love or romantic love. In Things We Couldn't Say, Jay Coles, acclaimed author of Tyler Johnson Was Here, shows us a guy trying to navigate love in all its ambiguity -- hoping at the other end he'll be able to figure out who is and who he should be.

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