2023年夏，作者以一张美铁平座车厢票，用26天穿越美国37个州、两万公里。

在那些长途车厢里，她遇见了绝对不会出现在纽约中产生活轨道的人们。散落在这片大陆不同角落的人们在各自的泡泡里，彼此毫不融合，却全民假装是同一民族。

18个月后，她在曼哈顿闹市遭遇随机袭击。那一刻她才真正意识到：在这个国家，她究竟是谁。

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In the summer of 2023, the author boarded Amtrak with a coach-class ticket and spent 26 days crossing 37 American states — over 12,000 miles of track.

In those long-haul carriages, she encountered people who would never appear in New York's middle-class orbit. Scattered across every corner of this continent, people live in their own bubbles, never truly mixing — and yet collectively pretend to be one people.

Eighteen months later, she was randomly attacked on a busy Manhattan street. Only then did she truly understand: in this country, who exactly is she?

The author has pledged to donate $5 from every copy sold to 1Thing.org, supporting the safety of Asian American communities. Founded in 2021 in New Jersey, 1Thing.org is a nonprofit dedicated to rallying small acts of kindness into grassroots power against anti-Asian racism and hate crimes.