編輯推薦:An Unforgettable Novel Of Love And Motherhood From Bestselling Author Maggie O'Farrell
內容簡(jiǎn)介:A Gorgeously Written Story Of Love And Motherhood, This Is A Tour De Force From One Of Our Best Loved Novelists. When The Sophisticated Innes Kent Turns Up On Her Doorstep, Lexie Sinclair Realises She Cannot Wait Any Longer For Her Life To Begin, And Leaves For London. There, At The Heart Of The 1950S Soho Art Scene, She Carves Out A New Life. In The Present Day, Elina And Ted Are Reeling From The Difficult Birth Of Their First Child. Elina Struggles To Reconcile The Demands Of Motherhood With Sense Of Herself As An Artist, And Ted Is Disturbed By Memories Of His Own Childhood That Don'T Tally With His Parents' Version Of Events. As Ted Begins To Search For Answers, An Extraordinary Portrait Of Two Women Is Revealed, Separated By Fifty Years, But Connected In Ways That Neither Could Ever Have Expected.
作者簡(jiǎn)介:
Maggie O'Farrell (born 1972, Coleraine Northern Ireland) is a British author of contemporary fiction, who features in Waterstones'
25 Authors for the Future.It is possible to identify several common themes in her novels - the relationship between sisters is one, another is loss and the psychological impact of those losses on the lives of her characters. O'Farrell won the 2010 Costa novel award on 4 January 2010 for her novel,
The Hand That First Held Mine .