THE BALLROOM CAFE

Book ID/图书代码： 01890015B81183

English Summary/英文概要： Sisters Ella and Roberta O’Callaghan live in separate wings of their crumbling Irish mansion. They haven’t spoken for decades, torn apart by a dark family secret from their past, and only communicate through the terse and bitter notes they leave for each other in the hallway. Debbie, an American woman, is searching for her birth mother. She has little time left, but as she sets out to discover who she really is and what happened to her mother, she is met by silence and lies at the local convent. With the bank threatening, Ella tries to save the family home by opening a cafe in the ballroom - much to Roberta’s disgust. And when Debbie offers to help out in the cafe, the war between the sisters intensifies. But as Debbie finally begins to unravel the truth, she uncovers an adoption scandal that will rock both the community and the warring sisters. Powerful and poignant, The Ballroom Cafe is a moving story of love lost and found.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 爱尔兰的Ella和Roberta俩姐妹居住在宅邸的两翼。因为家族过去的黑暗秘密，她们已经几十年没有说过话了。两人仅通过留在走廊的简短字条进行交流。Debbie是一个正在寻找生母的美国女人，她所剩的时日不多，却在寻找身世秘密的过程中遭遇了当地修道院的沉默和谎言。因为财政威胁，Ella在府邸的宴会厅开了一家咖啡馆，试图拯救这个家庭，但遭到了Roberta的厌恶。而当Debbie提出在咖啡馆帮忙之后，姐妹俩的战争日益加剧。但随着Debbie一点一点揭开真相，她发现了一桩足以撼动整个社区和这对姐妹的领养丑闻。小说强大而深刻，讲述了一个有关真爱失而复得的感人故事。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：“这是一部独特的原创小说，讲述了一个温暖而引人入胜的故事。我非常享受徜徉在这些美好角色的生活故事之中。小说画面优美，文笔流畅，研究充分。”——KATE KERRIGAN，《纽约时报》畅销书作者

这部小说处女作自2015年5月以来已经销售了20多万册电子书和7千多册纸质书（目前正在重印）；目前，亚马逊上的评论超过800条，评分为4.3分（满分5分）；无数报刊杂志和电视节目对其进行了专题报道或评论。

’A warm and engaging story in a unique and original setting. I loved journeying through the lives of these fascinating characters. A beautifully drawn, skilfully written, well-researched novel.’ KATE KERRIGAN, New York Times bestselling author of The Ellis Island Trilogy ’A lovely story of two women with the courage to confront the injustices of the past, bringing light to a dark corner of Ireland’s recent history.’ KATHLEEN MACMAHON, bestselling author of This Is How It Ends

this powerful debut novel, which so far has: • Sold over 100,000 ebooks since May 2015 + 5000 copies in paperback (we are currently reprinting)

• Over 550 reviews on Amazon (473 of them 4&5 star reviews)

• Had numerous features and reviews in papers and online, including The Irish Times, The Irish Independent and a feature is coming this week in The Guardian; author interview and Book of the Month for June on TV Ireland AM; author interview on BBC World Service (millions of listeners worldwide), plus much more and new publicity still coming in.

The Ballroom Café is now up to 837 reviews on Amazon (4.3 out of 5 stars) - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Ballroom-Caf%C3%A9-Ann-OLoughlin-ebook/dp/B00TU0I41I

The Ballroom Café has gone #1 Kindle Bestseller in the Contemporary Fiction (ahead of Paula Hawkins!) + Family Saga categories in Australia this weekend, and #6 in the overall Paid Kindle store: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ballroom-Caf%C3%A9-Ann-OLoughlin/dp/B00TU0I41I/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1495444547&sr=1-1&keywords=the+ballroom+café

The Judge’s Wife is also in the Family Saga Bestseller list as #3.

About the Author/作者介绍： Ann O’Loughlin，在各大独立报纸从业近30年的爱尔兰知名记者，报道过各类重大新闻事件。目前担任报纸《Irish Examiner》法律版块的高级记者。她还曾经在印度生活工作。来自爱尔兰西部的她目前与丈夫和两个孩子居住在爱尔兰东海岸。个人博客：http://annoloughlin.blogspot.com/。

A leading journalist in Ireland for nearly thirty years, Ann O’Loughlin has covered all major news events of the last three decades. Ann spent most of her career with independent newspapers where she was Security Correspondent at the height of The Troubles, and was a senior journalist on the Irish Independent and Evening Herald. She is currently a senior journalist with the Irish Examiner newspaper covering legal issues. Ann has also lived and worked in India. Originally from the west of Ireland she now lives on the east coast with her husband and two children. Find Ann on http://annoloughlin.blogspot.com/

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：The Ballroom Café has sold 230,000 ebooks and 10,000 paperbacks in UK & Ireland to date, and rights are sold in seven territories so far: Germany/Goldmann Verlag; US&CAN/Skyhorse Publishing; Norway/Cappelen Damm; Italy/HarperCollins Italia; Hungary/Alexandra Publishing; Hermes/Bulgaria and Varrak/Estonia.

Rights are also sold to Goldmann Verlag/Germany and Harlequin at HarperCollins Italia/Italy. And furthermore, I’ve literally just received an offer from the States as well. It’s been a huge bestseller for us with over 200,000 ebooks and 7,000 paperbacks sold.

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