一本强有力的、郁郁葱葱的回忆录，讲述了一个夏威夷女人逃离天堂，去发现她是谁，她属于哪里。
杰西卡-马查多在夏威夷出生和长大，父亲的祖先是这片土地上的原住民，母亲来自美国南部，她在与 “本地 “的含义进行斗争。杰西卡觉得自己与夏威夷文化的历史和信条是分开的，这些信条被埋没在商场和MTV的大陆进口中，她经常看到她的祖国从游客的角度反映出来–一个不复杂的天堂。然而，她的生活感觉与这种理想相去甚远。在父母离婚、母亲生病和日益严重的焦虑之间，杰西卡开始反抗。她搬到了洛杉矶，相信她会把复杂的家庭抛在身后，并定义自己。相反，她的孤立只会变得更加严重，而她垂死的母亲也跟着她来到加州。对杰西卡来说，逃离的唯一途径是不顾一切地往下走。
本书与对夏威夷历史和传统的丰富而细致的探索交织在一起，是一部关于家庭、悲痛和与她试图留下的土地重新联系的个人化的感人叙事。
A powerful, lush memoir about a Hawaiian woman who ran away from paradise to discover who she is and where she belongs.
Born and raised in Hawai‘i by a father whose ancestors are indigenous to the land and a mother from the American South, Jessica Machado wrestles with what it means to be “local.” Feeling separate from the history and tenets of Hawaiian culture that have been buried under the continental imports of malls and MTV, Jessica often sees her homeland reflected back to her from the tourist perspective—as an uncomplicated paradise. Her existence, however, feels far from that ideal. Balancing her parents’ divorce, an ailing mother, and growing anxiety, Jessica rebels. She moves to Los Angeles, convinced she’ll leave her complicated family behind and define herself. Instead, her isolation only becomes more severe, and her dying mother follows her to California. For Jessica, the only way to escape is a reckless downward spiral.
Interwoven with a rich and nuanced exploration of Hawaiian history and traditions, Local is a personal and moving narrative about family, grief, and reconnecting to the land she tried to leave behind.
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