LOOK THE WORLD IN THE EYE

Book ID/图书代码： 00200005B11665

English Summary/英文概要： Katie has a seemingly perfect life. She’s good looking. She owns a fashion shop. And she’s in a relationship with a rich, successful man. But she has a secret: a younger sister, Bells, who is very different to her and doesn’t fit into the perfect world she has created for herself. When Katies parents announce they need a break she reluctantly agrees to have Bells to stay in the immaculate flat she shares with her boyfriend, Sam. The problem is she’s never told anyone that she has a sister because Bells was born disabled and Katies relationship to her has always been a mixture of embarrassment and resentment that her mother’s attention and affection always seemed so much stronger for her helpless little sister. But Bells is anything but helpless and starts by pinning her tatty posters of David Beckham all over Sam’s white walls, playing Stevie Wonder at full volume and striking up conversations with people she doesn’t know (including an attractive young man at their local Sainsburys). Soon Katie’s relationship with Sam is under severe strain. And things get even more difficult when Katie receives some disturbing news about her mother. With more than a little help from Bells, Katie f
From the Back Cover ‘I’ve lost my sister. If you’ve seen someone who doesn’t blend into the crowd,’ I sniffle, ‘well that’s her.’ Katie seems to have everything you could wish for - she’s pretty, successful and has a rich, handsome boyfriend, Sam. But now it’s crunch time. In one week her sister, Bells, is coming to stay and Sam doesn’t even know she has a sister. It’s always been too difficult to bring the topic up. Bells is…different. She just doesn’t fit into the perfect world Katie has created. But that world is about to be turned upside down. Bells pins tatty posters on Sam’s pristine white walls, plays Stevie Wonder at full volume, strikes up conversations with strangers - including an attractive man at the supermarket - and creates mayhem. Soon Katie’s relationship with Sam is under severe strain and she is forced to confront her past. And problems escalate when Katie receives disturbing news about her mother. But, with help from Bells, Katie finally learns about real love, and that appearances can be very deceptive. A wonderfully warm-hearted, funny and moving first novel about families, secrets, falling in love and having the courage to look the world in the eye.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 用心看世界 ‘我找不到我姐姐了。如果你看見有個人孤立在人群中，’我抽泣道，‘那就是她了。’
凱蒂看上去似乎擁有一切 — 她長得漂亮，事業有成，還有個高富帥的男友，山姆。但現在是關鍵時刻。一周內她的妹妹，貝爾斯，要來和她呆上一陣，而山姆甚至還不知道凱蒂有一個妹妹。真是一言難盡……。貝爾斯與凱蒂是完美世界中截然不同的一對姐妹。
但凱蒂的生活馬上就要發生翻天覆地的變化。貝爾斯用別針把破舊的海報訂在山姆乾淨的牆面上，把斯蒂夫•旺達的音量調至最高，隨意與陌生人搭訕聊天 — 包括在超市里幹活的帥哥 — 最要命的還要到處惹是生非。很快凱蒂和山姆的關係就受到了嚴重的影響，凱蒂不得不去面對這些麻煩。而當凱蒂收到關於母親令人不安的消息時，這些問題猶如潮水般湧向了她。但出乎意料的是，有了貝爾斯的幫助，凱蒂終於瞭解到什麼是真愛，而所謂的外表光鮮很有可能都帶有一定的欺騙性。
《用心看世界》入圍2006浪漫小說年度獎項，和2005年吉爾福德文學節彭德爾頓五月第一小說獎。這部作品也被格拉納達，翻拍成了電影。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：‘這是一本迄今為止我最喜歡的一部作品，受故事中主人公那份熱情的宣揚，我不得不將本書看完至最後一頁。我喜歡這本書，是一部充滿了特色，溫情和感性的小說’—— Sarah Broadhurst
‘這部讓人深受啟發的，溫情小說，真實地再現了人與人之間的坦誠是如何對家人產生影響的。這也是一部我們真實生活的可悲寫照。’—— 《Glamour》雜誌，Shauna Bartlett

About the Author/作者介绍： 愛麗絲•彼得森是《另一個愛麗絲》的作者，先前發表的一部《戰勝一切》，描述的是她自己生活中與風濕性關節炎頑症鬥爭的勵志故事。
自發表了《戰勝一切》之後，她還是撰寫祖母Rhodesia, M’Coben的一些傳記，《幽靈之所》和四部小說 — 《你，我和他》，《用心看世界》，《一周情侶》和最近的一部《十年以後》
愛麗絲的許多作品都被出版翻譯發行至國外。她在德國有眾多的粉絲，在那裡她的許多作品由Bastei Lubbe出版發行。

Alice Peterson is the author of Another Alice, previously published as A Will To Win, which is the inspirational story of her battle to live with rheumatoid arthritis.
Since the launch of A Will to Win, she has written a biography of her grandmother’s life in Rhodesia, M’Coben, Place Of Ghosts and four novels – You, Me And Him, Look The World In The Eye, Monday To Friday Man and her latest, Ten Years On.
Many of Alice’s books have also been translated and published abroad. She has a strong following in Germany, where her work has been published by Bastei Lubbe.

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