ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 00342515B82759

English Summary/英文概要： Six-year-old Rocky worships his older brother Paul—sixteen and full of rebel cool, smoking cigarettes, driving around in his car blasting Neil Young—until the day Paul, in an ill-advised act of vengeance against their father, picks Rocky up from school and nearly leaves him for dead in the woods. Paul then runs off with his beautiful, fragile girlfriend, never to be heard from again.

Eight years later Rocky is a teenager himself. Although he’s never forgotten the abandonment by his boyhood hero, he’s now getting over it with the help of the wealthy neighbors’ daughter, Patricia, ten years his senior, who has taken him as her lover. Rocky’s in love—or thinks he is—but the affair sets off a sequence of events that bring ruin to the lives of both families.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 6岁的Rocky非常崇拜自己有点叛逆、有点酷的哥哥Paul。直到有一天，Paul被人恶意唆使，出于报复从学校把Rocky后将他遗弃在树林里，几乎丧生。后来，Paul和他美丽而脆弱的女朋友遗弃逃跑了，杳无音信。

8年过去了，Rocky也长大了。尽管他从未忘记曾被儿时英雄遗弃的经历，但在邻居的女儿，比她大10岁的Patricia的帮助下，他已经克服了这段伤痛的经历。Patricia将Rocky当作自己的情人。而Rocky也觉得自己陷入了爱河，但这段关系导致了一系列事件的发生，毁掉了两个家庭的生活。(LYR)

Awards/获奖情况：“这个有关遗弃和原谅的故事令人欲罢不能，并且在读完后念念不忘。”——Elizabeth Stuckey-French，作家

“一部优雅的成长教育小说……情节围绕着家庭冲突、赤裸裸的欲望和激烈的背叛展开，但其核心还是一部爱情小说，读来令人心碎。”——Matt Bondurant，作家

“有趣、绝望、伤心、柔软、悬念迭起、机智、深刻，非常非常用心。”——George Singleton，作家

“This addictive tale of abandonment and forgiveness will haunt you long after you’ve turned the last page.” —Elizabeth Stuckey-French, author of The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady

“An elegant bildungsroman . . . The plot turns along family strife, naked desire, and sometimes violent treachery, but at its core Only Love Can Break Your Heart is a love story that just might break your heart, too.” —Matt Bondurant, author of The Night Swimmer

“Funny, desperate, sad, tender, suspenseful, intelligent, insightful, and full of nothing but heart, heart, heart.” —George Singleton, author of Between Wrecks

About the Author/作者介绍：

Ed Tarkington received a BA from Furman University, an MA from the University of Virginia, and a PhD from the Graduate Creative Writing Program at Florida State. He is a frequent contributor to Chapter16.org.

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