A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant her precious bean seeds. Suddenly, the soil holds promise: To Curtis, who believes he can win back Lateesha's heart with a harvest of tomatoes; to Virgil's dad, who sees a fortune to be made from growing lettuce; and even to Maricela, sixteen and pregnant, wishing she were dead.
Thirteen very different voices -- old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful -- tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood.
0 有用 信然 2018-08-28 10:06:47
生活中的平凡小事,大家一起做,就會變成一件不平凡的事。故事雖然短小,但是其中投射以及蘊含的美國社區文化,挺深刻的。
0 有用 长夜 2018-08-30 14:44:50
突然想起这本书。大一英语课外教老师带着我们一节课读一章,好像还有各种题目 有空想重读一遍,很温暖的社区故事
0 有用 Hey-there 2014-04-23 20:01:48
明天就要考试了,MD
0 有用 赫连血柚子 2014-05-26 23:45:54
Chapter by chapter, each character describes the transformation of an empty lot into a vibrant community garden, and in doing so, they each experience their own transformations.
0 有用 温柔的鲸鱼 2013-04-25 21:36:59
it has one story that is told in many different versions. the uniqueness of and the similarity between every version is so meticulously seen.
0 有用 求同存异普拉斯 2020-08-30 10:56:26
再中肯点,温心小册。
0 有用 云安 2019-06-24 20:16:35
/It's in my assigned reading list of courses American Culture,reflecting a common value between different races.A lovely brief book.
0 有用 ⁽⁽😈⁾⁾ 2019-03-18 00:15:49
英语课的reading,节奏比较缓慢、很好读、很轻松但是读后令人回味甚久的小书。让我想起之前读的《芒果街上的小屋》。
0 有用 长夜 2018-08-30 14:44:50
突然想起这本书。大一英语课外教老师带着我们一节课读一章,好像还有各种题目 有空想重读一遍,很温暖的社区故事
0 有用 信然 2018-08-28 10:06:47
生活中的平凡小事,大家一起做,就會變成一件不平凡的事。故事雖然短小,但是其中投射以及蘊含的美國社區文化,挺深刻的。