Peter Nathaniel Malae
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The twenty-eight-year-old mixed-race son of a Samoan immigrant, Paul Tusifale is desperate to find his place in an American culture that barely acknowledges his existence. Within the Silicon Valley landscape of grass-roots activists and dotcom headquarters, where the plight of migrant workers is ever-present, Paul drifts on and off the radar.
An unemployed drifter who defiantly-even violently-defends those in need, Paul soon discovers that life as...
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English
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The award-winning author "tackles the tribulations of an American family in crisis . . . Like Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections . . . a must-read" (Booklist).
By way of Italy, the Felice family puts down new roots in Southern California, settling into a grand Victorian home and buying a share of the great American Dream. But for their five, first-generation children, an idyllic childhood didn't quite translate into success and happiness. Rather,...