本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis' twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, "The World's Wife". Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wonder...(展开全部)

蒂亚•奥布莱特（1985- ） 7岁随家人离开战火纷乱的贝尔格莱德； 8岁在塞浦路斯写下第一篇故事，立志成为作家； 21岁已在《纽约客》《大西洋月刊》等顶级文学刊物发表短篇小说； 24岁入选《纽约客》“40岁以下最优秀的20名作家”、美国全国图书基金会“35岁以下最优秀的5名作家”； 25岁写下第一部长篇小说《老虎的妻子》，成为史上最年轻的奥兰治奖获得者。 译者：于是 知名作家、译者，著有《六翼天使》《一只黑猫的自闭症》等；译有《杜马岛》《失落的秘符》《橘子不是唯一的水果》等十多部文学作品。

约尼斯·艾吉 出生于内布拉斯加州，童年的大部分时光都在密苏里州的奥扎克湖附近度过。 其作品包括《纽约时报》年度瞩目好书《可爱的眼睛》和《陌生的天使》，以及新近的《梦的重量》。她曾在明尼苏达州圣保罗市圣凯瑟琳学院和安阿伯市密歇根大学执教多年。现居奥马哈北部，执教于内布拉斯加-林肯大学。

Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name. But her lu...(展开全部)

RACHEL HAWKINS is the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books for young readers, and her work has been translated in over a dozen countries. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama. The Wife Upstairs is her first adult novel.

A delicious twist on a Gothic classic, The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda. Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates––a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if...(展开全部)

A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who involuntarily travels through time, and Clare Abshite, an artist whose life take a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that test the strength of fate and ba...(展开全部)

A most untraditional love story, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who involuntarily travels through time, and Clare Abshite, an artist whose life take a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that test the strength of fate and ba...(展开全部)

谭恩美：著名美藉化裔女作家。1952年出生于美国加州奥克兰，曾就读医学院，后取得语言学硕士学位。她因处女作《喜福会》而一举成名，成为当代美国的畅销作家。著有长篇小说《灶神之妻》《灵感女孩》和为儿童创作的《月亮夫人》《中国暹罗猫》等，作品被译成20多种文字在世界上广为流传。