Some stories live forever . . . Sage Singer is a baker. She works through the night, preparing the day’s breads and pastries, trying to escape a reality of loneliness, bad memories, and the shadow of her mother’s death. When Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage’s grief support group, begins stopping by the bakery, they strike up an unlikely friendship. Despite their differences, they see in each other the hidden scars that others can’t, and they become companions. Everything changes on the day that Josef confesses a long-buried and shameful secret—one that nobody else in town would ever suspect—and asks Sage for an extraordinary favor. If she says yes, she faces not only moral repercussions, but potentially legal ones as well. With her own identity suddenly challenged, and the integrity of the closest friend she’s ever had clouded, Sage begins to question the assumptions and expectations she’s made about her life and her family. When does a moral choice become a moral imperative? And where does one draw the line between punishment and justice, forgiveness and mercy? In this searingly honest novel, Jodi Picoult gracefully explores the lengths we will go in order to protect our families and to keep the past from dictating the future.
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朱迪•皮考特(Jodi Picoult),美国作者实力排行榜永远的霸主,连续8年夺得《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜冠军,连续5年当选“全美最受欢迎作家”。
1992年出版第一部小说以来,她的二十多部作品均为世界级畅销书,至今已被译成三十多种语言,在四十多个国家出版。近年出版的8本小说,每一本都荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜冠军。
朱迪•皮考特作品第一辑中,收录了最为中国读者所熟知的代表作《姐姐的守护者》《第十层地狱》,曾被翻拍成电视剧的畅销作《死亡约定》《换心》,和高居美国畅销书排行榜、从未与中国读者见面的《说故事的人》。
这5本小说各有侧重,用不同年龄、性别、生活境遇中的普通人的故事,道出生活中每个人都会遭遇的永恒主题——如何宽恕他人、宽恕自己。
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埃塞尔的丈夫还活着,但是他罹患阿尔茨海默症,已经不认识她。人会因为各式各样由小至大的失落而痛苦。你会遗失钥匙、眼镜或失去童贞。你可能会昏了头,丧失良心甚或理智。你会搬出自己家,住进可提供协助的机构,会有子女迁居海外,或是,你必须眼睁睁地看着自己的配偶逐渐进入痴呆的状况。失去,不仅限于死亡,而哀伤是灰暗的情绪,会以各种形态出现。
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