Morris: Congratulations on finishing your latest book. What’s it about?

莫里斯:祝贺你完成一部新书，写的是关于什么的?

Toni: It’s about a girl whose parents abandoned her at birth and who ends up living on the streets. She experiences abuse and is put in juvie.

托妮:是写一个小女孩，刚一出生就被父母抛弃，不得不在露宿街头。惨遭虐待，然后被收容到少管所了。

Morris: Wow, that sounds heavy. Wasn’t your last book about children whose parents served time in prison and who lived in fear of bullies in their neighborhood?

莫里斯: 啊，真是一个让人心情沉重的故事。你上部书写的不是孩子父母蹲监狱了，邻居们欺负孩子，孩子整天担惊受怕吗?

Toni: Yes, I wrote that after my first book, which was about a brother and sister who lived in an impoverished home traumatized by events beyond their control.

托妮:是啊，那是我的第二部书，写的是兄妹俩，一贫如洗，生活不受自己掌控，总是受到伤害。

Morris: Do you ever write about happy childhoods?

莫里斯: 你写没写过些愉快的童年往事?

Toni: I do write about happy childhoods. All of the children and teenagers in my books are very resilient. They are survivors.

托妮:写过。我写过的儿童和少年都非常坚强，他们是幸存者。

Morris: I was thinking about children who have normal childhoods with two parents living in the suburbs.

莫里斯: 我是说那种和父母一起生活在郊区的，能过上正常生活的孩子。

Toni: You call that normal? You think they’d be happy? I bet there’s an underbelly of crime and misery in most seemingly perfect families.

托妮:那就是你认为的正常生活?你觉得他们活的开心吗?我相信在多数看起来很完美的家庭中，都蕴藏着罪恶和痛苦。

Morris: I’ve no doubt that if that were true, you’d be the one to write about it.

莫里斯: 如果那是真的，我毫不怀疑，那一定是你写的。

Morris: Congratulations on finishing your latest book. What’s it about?

Toni: It’s about a girl whose parents abandoned her at birth and who ends up living on the streets. She experiences abuse and is put in juvie.

Morris: Wow, that sounds heavy. Wasn’t your last book about children whose parents served time in prison and who lived in fear of bullies in their neighborhood?

Toni: Yes, I wrote that after my first book, which was about a brother and sister who lived in an impoverished home traumatized by events beyond their control.

Morris: Do you ever write about happy childhoods?

Toni: I do write about happy childhoods. All of the children and teenagers in my books are very resilient. They are survivors.

Morris: I was thinking about children who have normal childhoods with two parents living in the suburbs.

Toni: You call that normal? You think they’d be happy? I bet there’s an underbelly of crime and misery in most seemingly perfect families.

Morris: I’ve no doubt that if that were true, you’d be the one to write about it.