Parking Lot Attendant (Paperback)

from kayanelson

TOB-2091. I really liked this story of the American high school girl of Ethiopian descent and her relationship with Ayale, the Parking Lot Attendant. The book starts right before the end and is a little confusing--it's hard to understand what exactly is going on. But then back to Boston where eve...

from Kimaoverstreet

The Parking Lot Attendant, the debut novel by Nafkote Tamirat is a genre-busting, fast paced story that begins in what seems to be a sort of commune in a place known only as B_______. The narrator, an American born teen girl who is never named, and her immigrant father are in limbo, awaiting a de...

from DianneBottinelli

An Ethopian parking lot attendant becomes the informal community leader in his Boston neighborhood through his generosity in helping fellow African's when they are in need. After becoming wealthy, Ayale becomes king of a remote island which embraces the Utopian Principles of government. The narra...

from banjo123

I received this book from the Library Thing Early Reviewers Program. It is an interesting, and peculiar story about a young woman who is the daughter of two Ethiopian immigrants growing up in the Boston area. I found this book really compelling, and quite peculiar. The young woman's voice is witt...

from msf59

"Look back on the past, given what you know in the present, and you'll realize that all along, you've been inventing stories and labeling them 'history'." The novel opens with a father and daughter arriving on a utopian island, where a commune has taken refuge but it is clearly not a place of com...