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"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean…
"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean…
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does …
Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does …
Ten year-old Mia Tang moved to the US for a better life, a freer life, but so far, it's a life where she runs the front desk of a motel while her parents clean rooms. And she's not even allowed to use the swimming pool. Based on author Kelly Yang's real-life experience immigrati…
"Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean…
"Tras perder su empleo de redactor en un periódico, el aspirante a escritor Julián Castrodad acepta la proposición de su amigo, Tadeo Chamdeleau, de trabajar en un motel. Allí, Castrodad conocerá las pasiones de los habitantes de las noches urbanas. Un narcotraficante llamade el…
"Tras perder su empleo de redactor en un periódico, el aspirante a escritor Julián Castrodad acepta la proposición de su amigo, Tadeo Chamdeleau, de trabajar en un motel. Allí, Castrodad conocerá las pasiones de los habitantes de las noches urbanas. Un narcotraficante llamade el…
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"Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and - although they are not all related - seventy percent of them share the surname Patel...Life Behind the Lobby explains…
"Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and - although they are not all related - seventy percent of them share the surname Patel ... Life Behind the Lobby explai…