THE HOPE IN LEAVING: A MEMOIR
Book ID/图书代码： 12070015B82556
English Summary/英文概要： A memoir of a brutal yet achingly beautiful itinerant childhood in the logging towns of British Columbia.
On the day she is leaving town to escape her troubled family and to start over at twenty-four--she finds a note on her mother’s door. Her brother has shot himself. In stories that face reality so squarely they express what usually goes unsaid—from exhilaration to despair—Barbara Williams remembers her childhood leading up to this moment. Her father is a logger, nomad, and born dreamer. Her mother has too many kids and never enough money to support or protect them. The family keeps on the move, shedding a grand total of twenty-seven homes.
Williams remembers having one hope as a child, "the hope in leaving and doing better next time." But poverty, mental illness, substances abuse, and injustice pursued them wherever they went. They lived smalltown life hard and suffered, most of all her brother—the fearless star of their childhood adventures and misadventures. Williams writes, "We grew up like wild animals with the wrong set of instincts for our environment." It might be said it’s a miracle she survived to bring us these stories. In doing so, Williams proves there is one thing that can survive the worst of life and even death: love without judgment.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是加拿大著名女演员Barbara Williams的回忆录，讲述了自己在不列颠哥伦比亚省小镇颠沛流离的童年生活。
有一天，她终于下定决心离开小镇逃离麻烦的家人，在24岁重新开始，却得知自己的兄弟自杀了……
Williams记得自己小时候的希望就是“离开，下次会做得更好”。但所到之处，贫穷、精神疾病、虐待和不公总是围绕着这个家庭。尤其是她的兄弟，在这颠沛流离的生活中饱受折磨。Williams在书中说：“我们像野兽一样长大，却没有培养适应环境的本能。”她得以活着向我们讲述自己的故事也可谓是一个奇迹。Williams向大家证明，只有一件事能够帮助人们战胜苦难的生活甚至死亡——不带偏见的爱。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“Barbara Williams诗歌一般的回忆录惊心动魄，读起来更像是普通祷告者的笔记。《离开的希望》是这位天生作家写就的一曲朴实无华的单声圣歌，是一段召唤家庭、希望、坚韧的灵魂舞蹈，是爱的升华。”——Bruce Wagner
"Barbara Williams has written a breathtaking, ruthlessly poetic coming of stage; a memoir that reads more like a hardscrabble book of common prayer. Hope In Leaving is a born writer’s pure and savage plainsong, a ghost dance summoning family, hope, endurance, and the transcendence of love." —Bruce Wagner
“Barbara Williams is the daughter of wanderlust. She grew up in logging camps, skid roads, and temporary homes on Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. Her father was ‘Handsome Jack,’ the man who danced on tree-tops and was always saying goodbye. Indeed this is a book of leavings and disappearances where home is little more than a random path within the epic immensity and sorrow of the Pacific Northwest. In exquisite prose, always wary of self-pity, she tells the story of a brotherhood of semi-nomadic forest workers, their dangerous jobs and shattered families. The genre is deceptive: imagine a ‘coming of age story’ but written by John Steinbeck."—Mike Davis
"If you appreciate Mary Karr and Jeannette Walls, you’ll want to read Williams’s eloquent memoir of growing up in and out of the harsh lumber camps of British Columbia. In an honest, compelling voice devoid of self-pity, she tells of finding solace in nature’s beauty and of grasping for shards of love. Through this painful, riveting journey, the bright, curious child manages to grow into a resilient, hopeful artist." —Jane Fonda
"Authentic. Human. Unselfconscious. Beautifully crafted. The Hope in Leaving is a jewel of a book." —Helen Hunt
About the Author/作者介绍： BARBARA WILLIAMS，加拿大著名音乐家，电影、电视、舞台剧演员。曾出演电影大片《神偷淑女情（Thief of Hearts）》《希望城市（City of Hope）》。凭借1996年电视剧《Mother Trucker》荣获艾美奖最佳女演员。作为音乐家，她经常在美国和加拿大和平、员工权利、环境为主题的各种音乐会上演出。本书是她的处女作。她目前在洛杉矶生活工作。
BARBARA WILLIAMS is a Canadian musician and renowned film, television, and stage actress. Early in her acting career, Williams starred in the blockbuster films Thief of Hearts and City of Hope. She won an Emmy Award for Best Actress for the 1996 telepic Mother Trucker. She was a member of the Resident Theatre Company at the Vancouver East Cultural Center, and among her more than thirty stage roles, she portrayed Amelia Earhart in the musical Amelia at Canada’s National Arts Center, Joan Baez at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles, and Lady Macbeth in La Jolla, California, under Tony Award winner Des McAnuff’s direction. As a musician she has performed in the United States and Canada, often in concerts devoted to peace, worker’s rights, and the environment. The Hope in Leaving is her first book. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
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