在《看不見的孩子》中，普立茲獎得主安德里亞·艾利奧特記錄了達薩尼八年戲劇性的生活，

達薩尼是一個想像力如布魯克林避難所附近的摩天大樓一樣高聳的女孩。在這個宏大的敘述中，

艾略特將達薩尼的童年故事與她的祖先的歷史交織在一起，追溯了他們從奴隸製到北方大遷徙的歷程。

隨著達薩尼的成年，紐約市的無家可歸危機爆發，貧富差距進一步加深。

她必須引導她的兄弟姊妹走出這個充滿飢餓、暴力、種族主義、吸毒和寄養威脅的世界。

在街頭，達薩尼成為一名兇猛的戰士，「以保護我所愛的人」。當她最終逃離城市生活，進入寄宿學校時，她面臨一個無解的問題：脫離貧困是否意味著拋棄家人和自己？

艾略特的《看不見的孩子》是一部光彩奪目、引人入勝的散文作品，讀起來就像一本引人入勝的小說。

這是一個令人驚嘆的故事，透過一個非凡女孩的遭遇來講述韌性的力量、家庭的重要性和不平等的代價。

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