JULIA’S CHOCOLATES

Book ID/图书代码： 14780006B09070

English Summary/英文概要： From the moment Julia Bennett leaves her abusive Boston fiance at the altar and her ugly wedding dress hanging from a tree in South Dakota, she knows she’s driving away from the old Julia, but what she’s driving toward is as messy and undefined as her own wounded soul. The old Julia dug her way out of a tortured, trailer park childhood with a monster of a mother. The new Julia will be found at her Aunt Lydia’s rambling, hundred-year-old farmhouse outside Golden, Oregon. There, among uppity chickens and toilet bowl planters, Julia is welcomed by an eccentric, warm, and often wise clan of women, including a psychic, a minister’s unhappy wife, an abused mother of four, and Aunt Lydia herself - a woman who is as fierce and independent as they come. Meeting once a week for drinks and the baring of souls, it becomes clear that every woman holds secrets that keep her from happiness. But what will it take for them to brave becoming their true selves? For Julia, it’s chocolate. All her life, baking has been her therapy and her refuge, a way to heal wounds and make friends. Nobody anywhere makes chocolates as good as Julia’s, and now, chocolate just might change her life - and bring her love when she least expects it. But it can’t keep her safe. As Julia gradually opens her heart to new life, new friendships, and a new man, the past is catching up to her. And this time, she will not be able to run but will have to face it head on.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一个自小心灵首创的女子Julia，从婚礼上落荒而逃， 来到达科他北部，将婚纱悬挂于一棵树上，向自己的过去告别。
来到阿姨的住处，她认识了很多内心深埋秘密的女人，
她们或奇怪、或神秘、或抑郁、或不快，但都有着同样的灵魂。
在每周一次的聚会上，她们互相坦诚自己的灵魂，心事也渐渐浮出水面。
制作巧克力是Julia治疗自我和寻求庇护的方式，她的巧克力会为她带来什么意想不到的收获呢？

Julia Bennett从婚礼上落荒而逃，将她带有虐待倾向的未婚夫扔在婚礼现场。Julia驱车至达科他北部，将她丑陋的婚礼悬挂在一颗树上。她很清楚自己正在将过去的那个自己抛至脑后，但是未来却如同自己受伤的灵魂般那样杂乱，不可确定。以前的那个Julia生活在魔鬼母亲的阴影中，受到虐待，而这个全新的Julia来到阿姨Lydia的农场，开始全新的生活。

在这里，Julia结识了一帮子性情古怪，生性善良，但却聪慧过人的女人们，她们中有通灵师，牧师闷闷不乐的妻子，一个膝下有四个孩子的受虐待的母亲，还有就是自己的阿姨Lydia,这是一位独立而有主见的女人。她们每周聚会一次，相互倾诉自己的心声，渐渐了解到每个女人的背后都有自己的秘密，正是这些秘密让她们感觉不到快乐。但是，什么又能够让她们勇敢面对真实的自我呢？

对Julia而言，那就是巧克力。在Julia的生活中，烘焙是她治疗自己和寻求庇护的一种方式。没有人做出来的巧克力能和Julia的那样可口美味。而今，巧克力可能会改变她的生活，会给她带来意想不到的爱情。但这一切并不能给她带来安全感。在Julia渐渐向新生活。友谊和男友展开心扉之际，过去的阴影再度开始困扰自己。这一次，逃逸已经无用，她必须得勇敢面对。

Julia’s Chocolate充满了温暖和希望，深入人心挖掘灵魂的伤，感受那释放自我的爱，以及重新定义自我的勇气，Julia的巧克力会引领我们走向真实的自我。(YM)

Awards/获奖情况：The quirky debut romance from Lamb opens as Julia Bennett flees the Boston altar where her blueblood abuser fiancé, Robert Stanfield III, awaits her. She leaves her wedding gown in a North Dakota tree, and arrives in the tiny town of Golden, Oregon to take refuge with her beloved Aunt Lydia. As Julia slowly returns to a semblance of normalcy, Lydia’s eccentric friends soon become Julia’s near and dear as well: minister’s wife Lara, psychic Caroline and abused wife Katie all have their own hidden pains, to which Julia can relate. Robert, who hit her and made her feel bad about her body, is never far from her thoughts, nor is her incapacitating "Dread Disease"-a feeling of panic she can’t name. The dialogue is funny and bawdy: "Don’t cry, love! You escaped a life’s prison sentence with King Prick." Julia’s struggles with people’s interest in her chocolate-making, and in her person, make her a winningly flawed heroine, and there is well-deserved come-uppance for abusers of all types. ---From Publishers Weekly

About the Author/作者介绍： Cathy Lamb was born in Newport Beach, California. As a child, she mastered the art of skateboarding, catching butterflies in bottles, and riding her bike with no hands. When she was 10, her parents moved her, two sisters, a brother, and two poorly behaved dogs to Oregon before she could fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a surfer bum.
She then embarked on her notable academic career where she earned good grades now and then, spent a great deal of time daydreaming, ran wild with a number of friends, and landed on the newspaper staff in high school. When she saw her byline above an article about people making out in the hallways of the high school, she knew she had found her true calling.http://www.cathylamb.net/www.CathyLamb.net

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