FORGIVENESS ROAD

Book ID/图书代码： 14780018C00153

English Summary/英文概要： On a hot, humid July morning, sixteen-year-old Cissy Pickering calmly and deliberately shoots her father in the back.

To their Mississippi community, the death of well-regarded attorney Richard Pickering is a fascinating scandal. To Cissy’s distraught mother, Caroline, it’s an unforgivable crime. But in Cissy’s troubled mind, killing her father was the only way she knew to save the two people she loves most in the world. For years, Cissy has endured a devil’s bargain with her father, hoping that he would leave her younger sisters alone if she kept his abuse to herself. When that thin trust shattered, she saw no other choice.

Janelle Clayton, the family’s matriarch, has kept her distance from her daughter, Caroline—a fact she now regrets—yet she hopes to do right by her granddaughter. Cissy has always been an unusual girl, given to compulsive counting and list-making, but Janelle believes her implicitly. When Cissy is remanded to the Greater Mississippi State Hospital, a caring psychiatrist tries to help, yet new revelations drive Cissy to retreat even further from reality. It will fall to Janelle, despite her own failing health, to become Cissy’s advocate and rescuer. And over the course of an unlikely road trip, Janelle and Cissy will confront the truths they’ve hidden from the world and themselves, finding courage, deep-rooted resilience, and a bond tender and tough enough to transform them both.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 7月一个湿热的早晨，17岁的茜茜•皮克林在冷静的状态下，有意识地向父亲的后背开了一枪。

对于他们在密西西比州所居住的社区来说，著名律师理查德•皮克林的死是一件“激动人心”的丑闻。而对于茜茜心烦意乱的母亲卡洛琳来说，这是一场无法原谅的犯罪。茜茜的思绪虽然很乱，但是杀死父亲是解救她在世界最爱的两个人的唯一方法。多年来，茜茜忍受着与父亲的魔鬼交易，企图通过继续受虐，让他放过两个小妹妹。然而当那唯一的一点信任被破灭后，她别无选择。

詹妮尔•克莱顿，作为这个家族的统治者，一直和自己的女儿卡洛琳保持距离。事实上，她现在很后悔当初的行为，并希望能够善待自己的孙女。一直以来，茜茜都是不同寻常的女孩，她习惯于强迫性地数数和列清单，但詹妮尔毫不掩饰地相信她。当西西被押到大密西西比州立医院时，一位富有爱心的精神病医生试图帮助她，然而新的启示驱使西西进一步远离现实。尽管詹妮尔的健康每况愈下，但她将成为茜茜的支持者和救星。在一次意外的公路旅行中，詹妮尔和茜茜将面对他们对世界和自己隐藏的真相，并去寻找勇气、根深蒂固的韧性，以及足以改变他们两人的温柔而坚韧的纽带。（XMM）

Awards/获奖情况：“在这部关于同情的小说中，读者会在一个通常黑暗的地方发现人性的光芒。”——《图书榜单》

“《最后的晚餐》从头至尾强烈地吸引着我，这是一部华丽的作品，总能在最意想不到的地方发现美。这部小说有《相助》里面的社会良心，也有《肖申克救赎》里面的绝不萎缩的真诚，以及一个完全原创的女主角，在她救赎的道路上她的人性将触动你的心。”——苏珊•威格斯，纽约时报最畅销作家

"In this novel of compassion, readers will find a humanizing light in a normally dark place." --Booklist

"The Last Suppers held me riveted from the first page to the last, a gorgeous novel that finds beauty in the most unlikely of places. This story has the social conscience of The Help, the unflinching honesty of The Shawshank Redemption, and a wholly original heroine whose humanity will touch your heart as she cooks her way to redemption."--Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author

About the Author/作者介绍： 曼迪•米库伦卡在她的职业生涯中一直是一名作家。她先做过记者，然后在两家全国性非营利组织担任编辑，后来在一家联合国机构担任公关专家。如今，她和丈夫住在科罗拉多州西南部的山区。读者可以访问她的网站www.mandymikulencak.com。

Mandy Mikulencak has been a writer her entire working life. First, as a journalist then as an editor and PR specialist for two national nonprofits and a United Nations agency. Today she lives in the mountains of Southwest Colorado with her husband. Readers can visit her website at www.mandymikulencak.com.

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