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Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana—far away from her mentally disabled mother, her “slow” father, and her classmates who tease her relentlessly. When her grandmother dies, Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to live with her in Baton Rouge. Tiger finally has a way out; she can’t wait to go. But she’s finding that leaving her parents and the only home she’s ever known—changing her entire life—isn’t going to be that easy.

這是一個探索生命意義的故事。它涉及智能障礙，學習障礙，個人與家庭的拉鋸；它也呈現出許多人對「與眾不同」的事物所懷抱的偏見、疑懼、殘忍、憐憫、與嘲諷，此外還有更多，更多……本書的主角是十二歲的虎娃安帕克；她有媽媽，也有爸爸，還有外婆，可說是家中的寶貝。而特別的是，虎娃的媽媽從小就是她的玩伴。母女倆一塊兒看漫畫書、玩捉迷藏、在溪水裡游泳嬉戲。可是隨著虎娃一天天長大，她漸漸察覺媽媽好像並沒有跟著一起長大。她已經能夠讀小說《簡愛》的時候，媽媽仍然只讀得懂圖畫書和漫畫書。至於虎娃的爸爸雖然勉強讀完高中，可是那完全是出於老師的仁慈，因為他既不會讀書寫字，而且連最簡單的算術也不會做。