THE RIVER HOUSE

Book ID/图书代码： 00500005B01844

English Summary/英文概要： To saints and altruists, perhaps, the question of doing the right thing is never a difficult choice. For the rest of us, however, such black-and-white situations are often more familiarly cast in myriad shades of gray. Such an intricate moral conundrum lies at the core of Leroy’s cautionary tale of desire and passion versus responsibility and loyalty, in which a middle-aged wife and mother jeopardizes her family’s security when she enters into a furtive love affair. Set adrift in an emotionally bankrupt marriage, Ginnie Holmes is receptive to the advances of a handsome colleague, their weekly assignations quickly becoming the touchstone of her life. When she witnesses the aftermath of a brutal murder during one of their trysts, Ginnie is faced with the dilemma of concealing what she knows and protecting her affair or publicly testifying and destroying her family. Leroy’s sensuously ethereal, subtly electric drama discerningly probes the affective fragility of a woman struggling to preserve all she holds dear, without losing herself in the process.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 她厌倦了婚姻，渴望更刺激的生活。幸好，她遇到了Ginnie Holmes，这个英俊的同事满足了她的欲望，与他的幽会成为了生活中最大的乐趣。然而她做梦也没想到，在一次秘密的幽会中，她亲眼目睹了一场谋杀。如果出庭作证就要向全世界公开她私通的事实。欲望与激情、责任与忠诚，这两者在她头脑里剧烈地冲撞，搅得她不得安宁。这场突如其来的道德难题摆在了眼前，她不是圣人，她该怎么办？
作者Leroy以他灵动的笔头，巧妙地呈现一位女子的内心冲击，以及她为维护自己所珍爱的一切所做的努力。(RH)

Awards/获奖情况：

About the Author/作者介绍： Margaret worked as a social worker and counsellor, specialising in marital therapy and child protection for fifteen years, before becoming a full-time writer.
Margaret曾是一名社会工作者和辅导员，从事婚姻治疗和儿童保护工作长达15年，之后开始潜心写作。她注目于当代社会生活，笔下的世界，并非仅仅是恐惧,亦非常美丽。她的写作手法直接而知性,捕捉危险的瞬间,向你展现一个你从未发现的世界。

Format:PROOF

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：

原文第一章内容：暂无

手稿：暂无

大纲：暂无