THE CHRISTMAS WE MET
Book ID/图书代码： 03540015B83205
English Summary/英文概要： A talented young jewellery designer fights to rebuild her life and family by solving the mystery surrounding a diamond brooch given to her by her grandmother.
When Grace Manners takes up residence on the Wittering Manor estate in Sussex, she little realizes that working alongside eccentric Fraser Stratton will change her life. Since her husband disappeared - along with most of their money - Grace has struggled to make ends meet and the little cottage on the estate is both a refuge and a workshop for her jewellery business. It’s only when Grace begins to uncover the story behind a beautiful diamond brooch she inherited that she becomes drawn into a family secret that threatens to destroy what little she has left...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 才华横溢的年轻珠宝设计师努力地想要重建生活和家庭，要实现这一目标她首先要解决有关于祖母留给她的一枚钻石胸针的谜题。
当格蕾丝•曼尼斯搬进苏塞克斯的惠特宁庄园时，她丝毫没有意识到跟在古怪的弗雷泽•斯塔顿身边工作会改变她的人生。她的丈夫卷着他们的绝大部分财产消失了，格蕾丝能做的也就只有想尽办法避免自己入不敷出，庄园里的小农舍对她而言既可以遮风避雨，也能够作为珠宝设计工作室。直到格蕾丝开始揭开自己所继承的一枚美丽钻石胸针背后的故事，她被卷入了一场家庭秘密之中，所剩无几的生活也变得岌岌可危... ...（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 凯特从小在德文郡美丽的郊野长大，曾在杜伦大学攻读了哲学学位，于考陶尔德艺术学院攻读艺术史，后成为皇家艺术协会成员，负责管理欧洲和中东宫殿和使馆的藏品。凯特跟着自己的飞行员丈夫游遍世界各地，四处定居，她还获得了曼彻斯特写作学校颁发的创意写作硕士学位。在2009年的ITV人民作家竞选中，作者入围终决选，最新的国际畅销书The Perfume Garden则入围2014年英国年度浪漫小说长名单。
凯特现和家人一起居住在中东，在今年的BBC国际广播戏剧写作竞选中，她最终成为了地区冠军。
Kate grew up in a wild and beautiful part of Devon.
She read Philosophy at Durham and Art History at the Courtauld Institute, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, curating collections for palaces and embassies in Europe and the Middle East.
Kate has travelled and lived around the world with her airline pilot husband, and gained a MA in creative writing from the Manchester Writing School MMU.
She was a finalist in the ITV People’s Author contest 2009, and her latest international bestseller The Perfume Garden was shortlisted for the UK Romantic Novel of the Year 2014.
Kate currently lives in the Middle East with her family, and she was a regional winner in this year’s BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition.
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