@book {malae_what_2011,
	title = {What We Are: A Novel},
	year = {2011},
	note = {OCLC: 1142737291},
	publisher = {Grove/Atlantic},
	organization = {Grove/Atlantic},
	address = {New York},
	abstract = {"This novel of a young Samoan-American{\textquoteright}s search for authenticity is {\textquotedblleft}a rollercoaster ride inside the haunted house of American multi-cultural sin and shame{\textquotedblright} (Sherman Alexie). The twenty-eight-year-old mixed-race son of a Samoan immigrant, Paul Tusifale is desperate to find his place in an American culture that barely acknowledges his existence. Within the Silicon Valley landscape of grass-roots activists and dotcom headquarters, where the plight of migrant workers is ever-present, Paul drifts on and off the radar. An unemployed drifter who defiantly{\textemdash}even violently{\textemdash}defends those in need, Paul soon discovers that life as an urban Robin Hood will never provide the answers he seeks. So he decides to try the straight-and-narrow: getting a job, obeying the law, and reconnecting with his family. Along the way, Paul moves through the lives of sinister old friends, suburban cranksters, and septuagenarian swingers. A dynamic addition to America{\textquoteright}s diverse literature of the outsider, What We Are brings to life the pull of a departed father{\textquoteright}s homeland, the anger of class divisions, the noise of the evening news, and the pathos of the disengaged."},
	isbn = {978-0-8021-9799-3},
	url = {https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/lib/harvard-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6119848},
	author = {Malae, Peter Nathaniel}
}
