BEHAVING BADLY
Book ID/图书代码： 03277003B19000
English Summary/英文概要： The fifth novel from the hugely entertaining writer of RESUING ROSE. Stylishly written, sophisticated but warmhearted and accessible, this is Isabel Wolff at her inimitable best. All men are beasts... ...or so Miranda Sweet believes. As an animal behaviourist, she’s good at understanding aggressive Airedales and irritated iguanas, but she can’t understand why the men in her life have always behaved so badly. Especially Alex, her ex-fiance and the biggest let-down of her romantic career. In Miranda’s opinion, animals are braver, kinder and a lot more reliable. So she’s given up on love to open her own clinic and work her magic on neurotic pets and their anxious owners. Can Miranda keep the whole male species at bay for ever? Her best friend, Daisy, an incurably romantic wedding-planner, doesn’t think so, and when a delicious photographer comes into her life, even Miranda starts to wonder if she’s been a bit hasty. But, just when she’s letting her guard down, her past starts to catch up with her and she has to turn her expert eye on her own behaviour, which hasn’t always been as sweet as she’d like to pretend...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《宠物情缘》是英国畅销作家伊莎贝尔•沃尔夫的成名小说。小说的女主角米兰达对动物不是一般的着迷。她从小就拥有自己的小小“动物园”，她养过一只叫米斯蒂的流浪龟，两只分别叫做“乒”和“乓”的兔子，一只叫做“潘多拉”的天竺鼠……她曾经有过一项创举，包括人的腿在内，她的房子里一共有207条腿。
32岁的米兰达独立又有事业，作为一名动物行为学专家，她拥有一家自己的宠物诊疗店，每天都帮助可怜又无奈的主人们，应付他们的宠物千奇百怪的行为。比如，得了精神性假妊娠的爱尔兰长毛猎犬，居然天天幻想自己要当妈妈了；仗势欺人、渴望主宰一切的魏玛犬，称王称霸，与其他宠物争宠；患有严重分离恐惧症的西施犬，主人一离开家门就委屈得神经崩溃……
可是，蒸蒸日上的事业却无法弥补男人带给她一次又一次的伤痛。一次偶然的相遇，让埋藏在记忆深处的那个可怕阴影重新浮现，自私的男人，脆弱的感情，罪恶的自赎，米兰达陷入少女时期那场可怕的谋杀中无法自拔，她决定直面自己的过错，并找到那个少不更事的她曾伤害过的陌生男人……(AC)
Awards/获奖情况：编辑推荐
《宠物情缘》是《古董衣情缘》作者成名小说，悬疑+喜剧+英伦，正能量女性治愈小说。寻找都市中遗失已久的信任感。找个男朋友，还是养只狗？为什么我们能把心爱的小狗教得服服帖帖，却没法和男朋友好好相处？
如果你对男人一再失望，《宠物情缘》告诉你：不要放弃，爱情就在下一个转角；如果你对宠物溺爱得不能自拔，《宠物情缘》告诉你：宠物和男人一样，你不能把它们逼疯，而要像它们一样思考。
名人推荐
沃尔夫用轻快的风格和熟练的散文笔法，让你读这个故事的时候，毫不费力。——Marie Claire
她时而触动了你的心弦，时而让你大笑不止。——Hello
比你期待的更有深度、更敏锐，特别令人愉悦。用温暖、机智的方式让我们看到人性的弱点。——Kirkus UK Reviews
我觉得这是伊莎贝尔•沃尔夫最好的小说之一。情节清晰，人物性格都很可爱，特别是米兰达最好的朋友黛西。主人们向米兰达求助的宠物的行为问题都特别搞笑。作者很厉害，小说神秘性很强，让人一旦捧读就忍不住放下。——读者Dizziey
媒体推荐
沃尔夫用轻快的风格和熟练的散文笔法，让你读这个故事的时候，毫不费力。——Marie Claire
她时而触动了你的心弦，时而让你大笑不止。——Hello
比你期待的更有深度、更敏锐，特别令人愉悦。用温暖、机智的方式让我们看到人性的弱点。——Kirkus UK Reviews
我觉得这是伊莎贝尔·沃尔夫最好的小说之一。情节清晰，人物性格都很可爱，特别是米兰达最好的朋友黛西。主人们向米兰达求助的宠物的行为问题都特别搞笑。作者很厉害，小说神秘性很强，让人一旦捧读就忍不住放下。——读者Dizziey
The latest novel from the author of Out of the Blue (2003) and Rescuing Rose (2004) opens with Miranda Sweet, a vet turned animal-behavior specialist, reeling from the sudden end of her engagement to a handsome actor whose television career is taking off. Running into an ex, the sleazy Jimmy Smith, who is now a supposedly respectable member of Parliament named James Mulholland, doesn’t help matters, especially since it brings up long-buried guilt from an incident Miranda can’t forget. Sixteen years ago, as a young activist under Jimmy’s sway, Miranda was responsible for hurting the son of a university professor, and she decides to look up the boy, now a photographer, and confess and apologize. But when she meets the handsome, gruff David White, sparks fly immediately and Miranda puts off telling him that she was the one who unwittingly delivered the letter bomb that scarred his hands. Wolff’s new novel has an unusual premise and a great payoff that will keep readers hooked.---Kristine Huntley, From Booklist
"Hilarious, moving, a wonderful story. I loved it." --- bestselling author Wendy Holden
"Wolff has a light touch and a slick prose style that makes this story flow effortlessly." --- Marie Claire
About the Author/作者介绍： 伊莎贝尔•沃尔夫（Isabel Wolff），英国女性小说掌门人。名列亚马逊畅销作家榜。现代英国最有叙事天赋的女性作家，作品已售23个国家。
英国《每日邮报》专栏作家。在BBC服务12年，担任国际台的新闻制作人与记者，也曾替许多报纸杂志撰写专栏，其中于1997年为《每日电讯报》撰写的Tiffany Trott专栏，才刊出一周，沃尔夫便收到出版社的出书合约，从此展开她始料未及的小说家生涯。作品包括《古董衣情缘》、《画中情缘》、《宠物情缘》等。
Isabel Wolff was born in Warwickshire and read English at Cambridge. She is the author of seven other bestselling novels, which are published in 23 languages. She lives in London with her family.
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