【美國奧克蘭青年桂冠詩人莫特利的首部小說】 2022布克獎初選入圍！ 取材家鄉真人實事，揭露弱勢非裔少女的處境：連基本生存都成問題，又怎能奢望尋求社群、家庭和個人幸福？ 馬可斯和綺亞菈兄妹都是中輟生，雙親不是死了就是在坐牢。哥哥一心想成為饒舌歌手。綺亞菈為了付房租和照看鄰家被母親棄之不顧的男童，出賣身體，卻意外成為奧克蘭警局史上最大醜聞的關鍵證人。 A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex optimistically called the Regal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has more than doubled-and to keep the nine-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed.