AFTER RIVER
Book ID/图书代码： 05430007B12518
English Summary/英文概要： Growing up in the mountains of British Columbia in the 50s and 60s, three km north of the American border, Natalie knew little of the outside world. But she knew family. A family so close and loving that Natalie believed they were the envy of the nearby town of Atwood - particularly her eldest brother Boyer, whom Natalie held especially close to her heart.
But Natalie began to question her family’s existence the summer she turned fifteen. The arrival of a soft-spoken stranger, an American draft-dodger called River, would test the morals and beliefs of the family and the community to breaking point. The series of events following that summer day would leave relationships shattered and the Ward family changed forever.
Thirty-five years later, Natalie receives a late-night phone call from her now estranged brother, Boyer, asking her to come home. Their mother is dying. Reluctantly, Natalie agrees to return to Atwood, the town she has spent most of her adult life avoiding. And as she travels backs to her childhood home, she steels herself to face the horrors and secrets of a past she’s desperately tried to forget.
After River is an unputdownable story; not just a romance, but a poignant and deeply moving account of how war and conflict can devastate lives across generations.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： NATALIE自小生长在六七时年代美国边境3千米外的哥伦比亚山脉.她对外面的世界知之甚少。但她知道她的家庭。NATALIE相信他们这个紧密亲爱的家庭被ATWOOD镇附近的人所羡慕－特别是她最年长的哥哥BOYER，她与之特别亲近。
但在NATALIE年满15岁的夏天,她开始质疑她的家庭。一个善于言辞名叫RIVER的美国逃兵将检验出这个家庭的道德跟信仰.这个夏季发生的一系列事情将彻底粉碎这个家的美好关系并使WARD一家永远改变.35年后,NATALIE在深夜接到已疏远的哥哥BOYER的电话,要求她回家,原因是他们的母亲去世了.NATALIE极不情愿得同意回那个她成年后极力逃避的ATWOOD镇,她逼迫自己不得不去面对她尽力想忘却的恐惧与过去的秘密......
Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:French,Greek
Lyrical, playful, profound and entirely engaging, After River is a sweepingly confident debut novel from Canadian author Donna Milner. A vibrant tale of love, redemption, tragedy and deep secrets, this is a heart-tugging piece of work by a writer who clearly understands her craft. Underneath the surface of the delicate interpersonal dancing, Milner’s characters are beautifully sorrowful. It’s an instant classic with a dramatic beauty and a sense of place that’s both acute and memorable. Natalie Ward is a naïve fifteen year old who’s grown up on a farm in British Columbia. When an American draft-dodger named River arrives at the farm Natalie’s idyllic existence is destroyed. Her whole family and the neighbouring community are eventually shattered.
Thirty years later, Natalie is heading back home to her estranged family and the secret she’s spent most of her life trying to avoid. Milner imbues her writing with liquid depths. She guides the reader with graceful, contemplative and sure-footed storytelling that artfully reveals how war can devastate lives. Although this book doesn’t hinge on any specific moment it holds a story that reveals itself slowly and in subtle, satisfying ways. There is a sense in After River of pent-up energy, of something about to burst, eventually the dam breaks and it has a massive effect.
This is the kind of classically contoured romance novel that we believed they didn’t write anymore. After River is a gorgeous novel, well paced and by turns touching, poignant and sad, with enough emotional punch to floor a heavyweight. Quercus/Murdoch Books, RRP $29.95 -- Stephen Davenport
About the Author/作者介绍： Donna Milner与丈夫居住哥伦比亚．此书是她的第一本小说，现正着手于第二部
Donna Milner used to work in Real Estate until her husband encouraged her to start writing. Now she cannot imagine doing anything else. Donna likes to create real people who face real moral dilemmas, characters who speak to the reader and live with them long after their story is over. Donna lives in British Columbia with her husband. AFTER RIVER is her first novel and she is now researching and writing her second.
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
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