SELF STORAGE: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 01240006B01591

English Summary/英文概要： Flan Parker’s curious nature has translated into a thriving resale business. The secret of her success: unique and everyday treasures bought from auctions of forgotten and abandoned storage units. When Flan secures the winning bid on a box filled only with an address and a note bearing the word "yes", she sets out to discover the source and meaning of this mysterious message. Armed with a well-worn copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass that she turns to for guidance and solace, Flan becomes determined to find the "yes" in her own life. When her search draws her toward her Afghan neighbor--and the belief that a world of seccrets lies concealed beneath the woman’s burqa--Flan’s personal quest unexpectedly enters a more public stage.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 背景設在美國911事件的隔年，弗蘭和老公以及兩個小孩同住。因為老公還是個研究生所以家裡一切的開銷都是由弗蘭負擔，弗蘭跟她那整天只會看電視等畢業的老公、以及野的不像話的兒子、還有那常常上演脫逃戲碼的小女兒，一家人過著僅能糊口的生活。 弗蘭珍藏著媽媽留給了她唯一的財產—惠特曼(Walt Whitman)的<草葉集>(Leaves of Grass)，這本書是她的精神支柱，鼓舞著在生活中感到無力感的弗蘭。 弗蘭從事房屋仲介，某次在拍賣會上得標的物品是個裝有寫著yes紙條的盒子，在解開盒子秘密的過程中，她也開始尋找生命中的Yes，她把目標設在她週遭的人事物，首先的對象就是她那神秘的阿富汗鄰居—蒙臉的女子，弗蘭想要了解她背後的故事，但是弗蘭卻為此卻付出了極大的代價…….

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About the Author/作者介绍： GAYLE BRANDEIS is the author of The Book of Dead Birds, which won Barbara Kingsolver’s Bellwether Prize for fiction in Support of a Literature of Social Change, and Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write. Both books were BookSense selections. Brandeis lives in Riverside, California, with her husband and two children. Visit the author’s website at www.Gaylebrandeis.com

Format:PROOF

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