Listen, Slowly

Thanhha Lai

HarperCollins

2015

272 páginas

9h 4m

ISBN-10: 0062229184

This remarkable novel from Thanhhà Lại, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award–winning and Newbery Honor Book Inside Out & Back Again, follows a young girl as she learns the true meaning of family.

A California girl born and raised, Mai can't wait to spend her vacation at the beach. Instead, though, she has to travel to Vietnam with her grandmother, who is going back to find out what really happened to her husband during the Vietnam War. Mai's parents think this trip will be a great opportunity for their out-of-touch daughter to learn more about her culture. But to Mai, those are their roots, not her own. Vietnam is hot, smelly, and the last place she wants to be. Besides barely speaking the language, she doesn't know the geography, the local customs, or even her distant relatives. To survive her trip, Mai must find a balance between her two completely different worlds.

Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Linda Sue Park, Listen, Slowly is an irresistibly charming and emotionally poignant tale about a girl who discovers that home and culture, family and friends, can all mean different things.

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O livro relata a história de uma menina americana de família vietnamita, que se vê acompanhando “forçadamente” a avó numa volta ao Sudeste Asiático, para buscar o paradeiro do marido, que sumiu durante a guerra entre as duas partes do país.
De princípio a personagem demonstra como sua insatisfação com a viagem é evidente, mas com o passar do livro ela vai se aproximando cada vez mais de entender os costumes e forma de viver que sua origem costumava ter, se adaptando aos poucos e enxergando cor nas suas raizes. Observa-se que com o passar do livro ela passa a queixar-se bem menos de estar longe dos EUA, inclusive se importando cada vez menos com a vida que deixou momentaneamente para trás.