The people of Mount Salus, Mississippi always felt good about Judge McKelva. He was a quiet, solid reassuring figure, just as a judge should be. Then, ten years after his first wife's death, he marries the frivolous young Wanda Fay. No-one can understand his action, not least his beloved daughter, Laurel, who finds it hard to accept the new bride. It is only some years later, w...(展开全部)

This story of a young woman's confrontation with death and her past is a poetic study of human relations.

尤多拉•韦尔蒂（1909—2001） 首位在世时作品入选“美国文库”的文坛巨匠 福克纳之后美国南方最伟大的小说家 三获美国最佳短篇小说奖，六获欧•亨利奖，并囊括普利策小说奖、美国全国图书奖、美国图书评论家奖、美国文学艺术金质奖章、总统自由勋章 雷蒙德•卡佛、托妮•莫里森、艾丽丝•门罗、杜鲁门•卡波蒂、理查德•福特、 乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨……都深受其影响 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 出生于美国密西西比州中产阶级家庭，母亲酷爱阅读，父亲热衷摄影，韦尔蒂自幼深受他们影响。 大萧条时期，韦尔蒂在州政府供职，有机会到各地旅行。旅行途中所见普通人家的生活情景，让她深深着迷。为了捕捉那些场景，她拍了几百张照片，并于1936 年在纽约举办了摄影展。同年，她的第一篇小说也获...(展开全部)

"Elena Ferrante will blow you away."-Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones From the author of The Days of Abandonment, The Lost Daughter is Elena Ferrante's most compelling and perceptive meditation on womanhood and motherhood yet. Leda, a middle-aged divorce, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpecte...(展开全部)

Spies, poison, and curses surround her…. Is there anyone she can trust? In The Kingmaker’s Daughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a novel of conspiracy and a fight to the death for love and power at the court of Edward IV of England. The Kingmaker’s Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the “Kingmaker,” Richard Nev...(展开全部)

'I have lost my father in battle, my sister to Elizabeth Woodville's spy, my brother-in-law to Elizabeth Woodville's executioner, my nephew to her poisoner, and now my son to her curse...' The gripping and ultimately tragic story of Anne Neville and her sister Isabel, the daughters of the Earl of Warwick, the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars. In the ab...(展开全部)

Spies, poison, and curses surround her... Is there anyone she can trust? The Kingmaker's Daughter is the gripping story of the daughters of the man known as the "Kingmaker," Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: the most powerful magnate in fifteenth-century England. Without a son and heir, he uses his daughters, Anne and Isabel as pawns in his political games, and they grow up to ...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. They plan to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay sis over, one woman is dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Ra...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. They plan to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay sis over, one woman is dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Ra...(展开全部)

凯特•莫顿（Kate Morton），澳大利亚国民级女作家，被国外读者誉为“文学女王”。自处女作《雾中回忆》横空出世以来，她就成为享誉世界的畅销书作家，作品累计总销量突破1100万册，以34种语言版本，风靡42个国家和地区。2013年，她以高票数登顶“澳大利亚受欢迎作家”排行榜。她曾四度摘得澳大利亚书业（ABIA）“年度小说”大奖，创下了该奖项开设以来无人能及的纪录。 莫顿成长于澳大利亚昆士兰东南山区，自小酷爱阅读，坚信阅读能实现真正的自由。她曾先后求学于英国伦敦三一学院和皇家戏剧艺术学院，以优等生荣誉毕业于昆士兰大学文学系。 《钟表匠的女儿》是她的第六部长篇小说，出版后迅速登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜。本书以英国诸多历史建筑为灵感，结合前拉斐尔派艺术家们的奇闻逸事，描绘出一幅缱绻、哀婉而沉郁的历史画卷。故事通过一位神秘人物之口，向读者讲述了一座古老庄园...(展开全部)