ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS
Book ID/图书代码： 07868005B02247
English Summary/英文概要： When the Freeman family return to England after ex-pat life abroad, Neil settles down immediately while Isabel realises her life is crying out for something more. But, after years of being defined as Neil’s wife, what? Despite Neil’s misgivings, she finds a position working for the disorganised -- if dangerously attractive -- Patrick and, although her head is telling her to think of Neil and the children, Isabel is drawn to her new boss. But if lust can turn to love, so love can become obsession. Is Neil as contented as he seems, though? And does her new friend Justine really have Isabel’s best interests at heart or is she working to a different agenda? Isabel is thrown into a whirl of conflicting loyalties, desires and responsibilities at whose heart lies the agonising question: can an adulterous wife be a good mother? A sparkling, passionate and satisfying novel about relationships, ADULTERY FOR BEGINNERS marks the debut of an exciting new talent.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個不貞的女人能不能成為一個好母親？
繼上星期的莎菈 鄧肯的作品《A single to Rome》，現在為您推薦她的第一本小說，女主角是個已婚妻子、母親，因為出軌，而陷入了責任，忠誠，渴望的旋渦裡，心中的掙扎等。到底，一個不貞的女人能夠成為一個好母親嗎？
結束外派的生活，一家人回到英國後，尼爾很快的便安定了下來，但是妻子伊莎貝爾總覺得這樣的生活過於平凡。
儘管尼爾感到不安，伊莎貝爾還是找了一份工作並認識了一位有魅力的老闆派崔克，雖然她不斷提醒自己身為母親及妻子的身分，但仍是深深被派崔克吸引。而介紹她與派崔克認識的‘朋友’潔斯汀，則趁機與尼爾偷情。
當伊莎貝爾發現了這些事情真相後，開始陷入了責任，忠誠，渴望的旋渦裡。到底，一個不貞的女人能夠成為一個好母親嗎？(SK)
Awards/获奖情况：“One of my favorite books of the year!”---Jane Green, author of Mr. Maybe
“…a gripping read…”---Heat
“…an astute view of modern morals and marriage, well handled…very good indeed.”---The Bookseller
“…a great read…”---Bella
Duncan’s occasionally dark debut centers on a wife and mother’s fraught first affair. Resenting somewhat her domesticity ("her life had turned from shopping and fucking to socks and sex"), Isabel begins sleeping with her new boss, Patrick, while Justine, the false friend who introduced them, takes the opportunity to sleep with Isabel’s husband. When, after a hard-fought breakup with Patrick followed by the breakup of her marriage, Isabel learns about her husband and Justine, and she finally thinks to ask whether it was his first dalliance, which, of course, it wasn’t. The story of Isabel’s sexual and personal awakening is solidly plotted, and her situation-that of a longtime expat wife returning to England after years of trailing her husband from country to country-offers a little novelty. The pieces fit together neatly, and the whole thing has the light coat of wit readers have come to expect from British commercial women’s fiction, but there’s nothing surprising in Duncan’s story. ---From Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： 出版過五本書。除了身為全職作家外，亦在英國牛津、布里斯托大學、美國富蘭克林分校ASE、馬紹爾學院教導創作。更早之前曾在喜劇影集Only Fools and Horses中演出。《出軌Adultery for Beginners》是她的第一部小說。
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