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My mother's tongues
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- Book Synopsis
- In a sparkling debut authored by a sixteen-year-old daughter of immigrants, this ode to the power of multilingualism gives voice to the lasting benefits of speaking with more than one tongue. Sumi's mother can speak two languages, Malayalam and English. She can switch between them at the speed of sound: one language when talking to Sumi's grandmother, another when she addresses the shopkeeper. Sometimes she speaks a combination of both. Could it be she possesses a superpower? With awe and curiosity, young Sumi recounts the story of her mother's migration from India and how she came to acquire two tongues, now woven together like fine cloth. Rahele Jomepour Bell's inviting illustrations make playful use of visual metaphors, while Uma Menon's lyrical text, told astutely from a child's perspective, touches lightly on such subjects as linguistic diversity and accent discrimination ("no matter how they speak, every person's voice is unique and important"). This welcome debut, penned when the author was still a teenager, is an unabashed celebration of the gift of multilingualism - a gift that can transport people across borders and around the world.
- About The Author
- Uma Menon was born in 2003 and raised in Winter Park, Florida. Growing up, she could not find stories that reflected her experience in a multilingual house, so she wrote her book My Mother's Tongues at age sixteen. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and the Progressive, among many other publications. She was a National YoungArts Winner for three consecutive years and has been nominated thrice for the Pushcart Prize. Uma Menon was the first Youth Fellow for the International Human Rights Art Festival and an Encore Public Voices Fellow. She studied public and international affairs at Princeton University and is currently a student at Yale Law School. You can find her at www.theumamenon.com.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781529517880
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Walker Books Ltd, (15 February 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 380 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 286 x 214 x 10 mm
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