CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Book ID/图书代码： 02330019C00015
English Summary/英文概要： From the New York Times bestselling author of There Was an Old Woman comes a novel about a professional organizer with a deadly problem she may not be able to clean up.
Emily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she’s married to man who can’t drive past a yard sale without stopping. He’s filled their basement, attic, and garage with his finds.
Like other professionals who make a living decluttering peoples’ lives, Emily has devised a set of ironclad rules. When working with couples, she makes clear that the client is only allowed to declutter his or her own stuff. That stipulation has kept Emily’s own marriage together these past few years. She’d love nothing better than to toss out all her husband’s crap. He says he’s a collector. Emily knows better--he’s a hoarder. The larger his "collection" becomes, the deeper the distance grows between Emily and the man she married.
Luckily, Emily’s got two new clients to distract herself: an elderly widow whose husband left behind a storage unit she didn’t know existed, and a young wife whose husband won’t allow her stuff into their house. Emily’s initial meeting with the young wife takes a detour when, after too much wine, the women end up fantasizing about how much more pleasant life would be without their collecting spouses.
But the next day Emily finds herself in a mess that might be too big for her to clean up. Careful what you wish for, the old adage says . . . now Emily might lose her freedom, her marriage . . . and possibly her life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 出自《纽约时报》畅销书《曾经有一个老妇人》的作者。这本小说讲述了一个专业整理咨询顾问遇到了一个致命的问题，而她却无法摆脱。
艾米丽•哈洛是一位专业的整理咨询顾问，她帮助人们整理自己的生活。她嫁给了一个男人，一个经过旧货市场就必须逛逛的囤货狂。他把他们的地下室、阁楼和车库都装满了他的战利品。
像其他以帮助别人整理生活为生的专业人士一样，艾米丽制定了一套严苛的规则。在与夫妻一起工作时，她明确表示，客户只允许清理各自的东西。在过去的几年里，这一规定使艾米丽的婚姻得以维持。她最喜欢把她丈夫的垃圾都扔出去。丈夫说他是个收藏家。艾米丽更清楚，他只不过是个囤积狂。他的“收藏”越多，艾米丽和她的丈夫之间的距离就越远。
幸运的是，艾米丽有了两个新客户来分散她的注意力：一个年老的寡妇，她的丈夫留下了一个她毫不知情的储物间；一个年轻的妻子，她的丈夫不允许她的东西进入他们的房子。艾米丽和年轻的妻子的初次见面发生了一个插曲，因为喝了太多酒，两个女人觉得最终幻想如果没有自己的另一半，生活会变得多么快乐。
但第二天，艾米丽发现自己陷入了一片混乱，问题太严重以至于她自己也无法处理。俗话说，许愿时候要小心......现在艾米丽可能会失去她的自由，她的婚姻…...甚至还有她的生活。（XMM）
Awards/获奖情况：“充满睿智......埃弗伦的整理方法是隐藏线索、引起怀疑、保证混乱的高潮在控制之中，然后把零碎的东西整理好，这让她成为此类娱乐活动的专业组织者。用一个词来形容就是’平滑’。”——《科科斯书评》
“太出色了......这可能是国内第一部国内将藤麻理惠(Marie Kondo)关于丢弃那些不能带来快乐的东西的清理理论融入进来的惊悚小说。埃弗伦可能最终会因此获得玛丽•希金斯•克拉克奖。”——《出版人周刊》（星际评论）。。
“如果阿尔弗雷德•希区柯克客串编辑《玛莎•斯图尔特生活》，结果可能会有点像哈利•埃弗伦的最新小说......一段扣人心弦的旅程。很确幸哈利•埃弗伦了解自己的长处，在《许愿时请小心》里她直击靶心。埃弗伦笔下的主角通常是你想要成为朋友的人，至少在他们卷入谋杀案调查之前是这样。细心的人会发现所有线索都在那里。埃弗伦写作风格很轻松，读这本小说完全是一种享受。许多读者会在一两次之内读完这本书。”——BOLO Books
"Clever...Ephron’s tidy approach to stowing clues, arousing suspicions, keeping the chaos of the climax under control, then tying up loose ends makes her a professional organizer of this type of entertainment. In a word--neat."--Kirkus Reviews
"Outstanding...May be the first domestic thriller to weave in Marie Kondo’s decluttering theory about discarding things that don’t spark joy...After being a finalist five times, Ephron may finally win the Mary Higgins Clark Award for this one."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“If Alfred Hitchcock guest-edited Martha Stewart Living, the result might look something like Hallie Ephron’s latest novel…
[A] tightly-plotted tour-de-force. Rest assured that Hallie Ephron knows her brand and she hits is square in the bullseye with CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. Ephron’s lead characters are often people you want to be friends witt—at least until they get mixed up in murder inquiries. Readers will find it refreshing to read a novel where every seemingly insignificant moment serves a larger purpose. The clues are all here for those paying attention. There is an ease to Ephron’s writing that makes reading this novel completely pleasurable; many readers will finish this one in a single sitting or two.” – BOLO Books
About the Author/作者介绍： 哈利•埃弗伦《纽约时报》畅销书《永不说谎》、《来找我》、《曾经有一个老妇人》和《夜深，睡个好觉》的作者。她曾在《波士顿环球报》担任2年的犯罪小说评论员。她是好莱坞编剧的女儿，在比弗利山庄长大，住在马萨诸塞州波士顿附近。Hallie Ephron is the New York Times bestselling author of Never Tell a Lie, Come and Find Me, There Was an Old Woman, and Night Night, Sleep Tight. For twelve years she was the crime fiction reviewer for the Boston Globe. The daughter of Hollywood screenwriters, she grew up in Beverly Hills, and lives near Boston, Massachusetts.
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