In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital—where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. Iris’s grandmother Kitty always c...(展开全部)

2002年贝蒂特拉斯克奖、2005年毛姆文学奖得主、荣获2007年亚马逊年度选书 玛姬•欧法洛：1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”(Warterstones)评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬曾在香港和英国两地从事过新闻工作，担任过英国独立报的副文学编辑，也曾教授过创意写作。在成为专职作家之前，她曾当过餐厅服务生、快递员、教师与剧场经理，也在香港当过记者，在伦敦担任《周日独立报》副总编辑。这些丰富的职场经历，虽未完全反映在她的作品里，但多少影响了她从少年时期即已开展的写作活动。 玛姬的作品多涉及家庭关系、家族秘密及个人情感，探讨不可违逆的意外与灾难对家庭的影响，她的笔法细巧而充满热情，擅于以层层剥茧的手法将一个寻常的故事写得鲜...(展开全部)

2002年贝蒂特拉斯克奖、2005年毛姆文学奖得主、荣获2007年亚马逊年度选书 玛姬•欧法洛：1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”(Warterstones)评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬曾在香港和英国两地从事过新闻工作，担任过英国独立报的副文学编辑，也曾教授过创意写作。在成为专职作家之前，她曾当过餐厅服务生、快递员、教师与剧场经理，也在香港当过记者，在伦敦担任《周日独立报》副总编辑。这些丰富的职场经历，虽未完全反映在她的作品里，但多少影响了她从少年时期即已开展的写作活动。 玛姬的作品多涉及家庭关系、家族秘密及个人情感，探讨不可违逆的意外与灾难对家庭的影响，她的笔法细巧而充满热情，擅于以层层剥茧的手法将一个寻常的故事写得鲜...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·米克(James Meek)，英国作家，记者。1962年生于伦敦，在苏格兰的邓迪长大。1985年起成为一名记者。1991年至l999年居住在俄罗斯。现定居伦敦，为《卫报》和《伦敦书评》撰稿。2004年，他对伊拉克和关塔那摩的报道赢得了多项英国和国际奖项。《蚀爱》是他的第三部小说，已被译成二十种文字。

詹姆斯·米克(James Meek)，英国作家，记者。1962年生于伦敦，在苏格兰的邓迪长大。1985年起成为一名记者。1991年至l999年居住在俄罗斯。现定居伦敦，为《卫报》和《伦敦书评》撰稿。2004年，他对伊拉克和关塔那摩的报道赢得了多项英国和国际奖项。《蚀爱》是他的第三部小说，已被译成二十种文字。

Duration: 11:34:06 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! "Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye." —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal "A story of absolute, universal timelessness ...For any era, it's an accomplished, affectin...(展开全部)

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern...(展开全部)

Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)

Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern...(展开全部)