編輯推薦:A compelling emotional drama of love and guilt that grips from the very first moments, by the UK's bestselling women's fiction author.
內容簡(jiǎn)介:Luke Warren would sleep in the dirt if it meant he could be under the stars.
He lives by the laws of nature, and would surely want to die that way.
But Luke is in a coma, and his family must make an unbearable decision.
As tensions and secrets rise to the surface, the tragic accident which brought them back together against the odds could well tear Luke's family apart forever.
They know Luke would not want to live like this.
But how can they choose to let him die?
作者簡(jiǎn)介:
JODI PICOULT is the author of eighteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister’s Keeper. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
朱迪·皮考特:美國當代著(zhù)名暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)作家,大師級小說(shuō)家。
1992年出版第一部小說(shuō)以來(lái),十五部作品無(wú)一不持續暢銷(xiāo),甚至每有新作,必迅速登上《紐約時(shí)報》、《華盛頓郵報》等暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)榜首位。作品涉及的尖銳話(huà)題.也迅速在全美國甚至全球引發(fā)激烈爭議。
以處女作《Songs of the Humpback Whale》嶄露頭角,陸續出版《Harvesting the Heart》、《Mercy》、《The Pact》等,尤其《Keeping Faith》、《Plain Truth》、《Second Glance》等作品連續登上《紐約時(shí)報》暢銷(xiāo)榜,躋身美國一流作家之列。2004年,巔峰力作《姐姐的守護者》隆重出版,更以幾十種語(yǔ)言的譯介,獲得世界性聲譽(yù)?!兜谑畬拥鬲z》、《Nineteen Minutes》、《House Rules》等新作每一亮相,無(wú)不高踞暢銷(xiāo)榜首,引起全球讀者的熱烈好評,她也幾乎成為“暢銷(xiāo)、爭議與重大反響”的代名詞。這一前所未有的書(shū)界奇跡,被《時(shí)代周刊》、《泰晤士報》等稱(chēng)為“朱迪·皮考特現象”。
作家總以超凡的敏銳捕捉新銳題材:安樂(lè )死、器官移植、青少年自殺、克隆、干細胞……這些人類(lèi)至今莫衷一是的話(huà)題常常成為她寫(xiě)作的焦點(diǎn),使筆下的人物既極具濃郁的倫理爭議、又背負深重的悲涼宿命。難得的是,作家并非單純討論“問(wèn)題”,而是以深情靈動(dòng)的語(yǔ)言和綿密細致的筆法,編織精彩絕倫的感人情節,寫(xiě)盡人間至情。
為何而生?這是哲學(xué)家思考的問(wèn)題,《姐姐的守護者》也在苦苦思索。作品以一貫的尖銳話(huà)題支撐整個(gè)骨架,在熱烈急促、溫潤哀傷的情節鋪展中,在焦灼糾結而不失冷靜的連續追問(wèn)中,將青春叛逆、器官移植、案件懸疑、愛(ài)與背叛熔為一爐,成就一部令全球讀者無(wú)限動(dòng)容的感人大作……