Learning to Fall

十二歲的 Daphne 原本只想遠離奧克蘭、趕往布拉格與拍戲的媽媽會合，卻被迫與失聯多年的父親共處一室。帶著對酒癮父親的防備與母親的交代，她冷漠以對。意外的是，週末的滑板練習成為兩人重新連結的開始。當她學會 ollie 技巧，對父親的信任也悄悄復甦。但曾經的傷害能否真正釋懷？就像滑板一樣，生活也是不斷跌倒與站起的過程。Twelve-year-old Daphne reconciles with her father, who left her stranded three years ago, and learns forgiveness one fall at a time in this heartwarming debut by Sally Engelfried. For fans of The ​First Rule of Punk.Daphne doesn't want to be stuck in Oakland with her dad. She wants to get on the first plane to Prague, where her mom is shooting a movie. Armed with her grandparents’ phone number and strict instructions from her mom to call them if her dad starts drinking again, Daphne has no problem being cold to him. But there's one thing Daphne can't keep herself from doing: joining her dad and her new friend Arlo at a weekly skate session. When her dad promises to teach her how to ollie and she lands the trick, Daphne starts to believe in him again. He starts to show up for her, and Daphne learns things are not as black and whi

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Beginning with Richard Drew’s controversial photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, Learning How to Fall investigates the changing relationship betw

Beginning with Richard Drew’s controversial photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, Learning How to Fall investigates the changing relationship betw

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