What We Are
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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 an urban Robin Hood will never provide the answers he seeks. So he decides to try the straight-and-narrow: getting a job, obeying the law, and reconnecting with his family. Along the way, Paul moves through the lives of sinister old friends, suburban cranksters, and septuagenarian swingers. A dynamic addition to America's diverse literature of the outsider, What We Are brings to life the pull of a departed father's homeland, the anger of class divisions, the noise of the evening news, and the pathos of the disengaged.
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Malae, P. N. (2011). What We Are. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Malae, Peter Nathaniel. 2011. What We Are. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Malae, Peter Nathaniel, What We Are. Grove Atlantic, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Malae, Peter Nathaniel. What We Are. Grove Atlantic, 2011.
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