My Mother's TonguesIn a sparkling debut authored by a sixteen year old daughter of immigrants, this ode to the power of multilingualism gives voice to the lasting benefits of speaking with more than one tongue. Sumis mother can speak two languages, Malayalam and English. She can switch between them at the speed of sound: one language when talking to Sumis grandmother, another when she addresses the shopkeeper. Sometimes she speaks a combination of both. Could it be she