QUEEN OF THE ROAD: THE TRUE TALE OF 47 STATES, 22,000 MILES, 200 SHOES, 2 CATS, 1 POODLE, A HUSBAND, AND A BUS WITH A WILL OF ITS OWN
Book ID/图书代码： 06840007B19214
English Summary/英文概要： A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir. Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed Long Island princess, grouchy couch potato, and shoe addict. He’s an affable, though driven, outdoorsman. When Tim suggests “chucking it all” to travel cross-country in a converted bus, Doreen asks, “Why can’t you be like a normal husband in a midlife crisis and have an affair or buy a Corvette?” But she soon shocks them both, agreeing to set forth with their sixty-pound dog, two querulous cats—and no agenda—in a 340-square-foot bus.
Queen of the Road is Doreen’s offbeat and romantic tale about refusing to settle; about choosing the unconventional road with all the misadventures it brings (fire, flood, armed robbery, and finding themselves in a nudist RV park, to name just a few). The marvelous places they visit and delightful people they encounter have a life-changing effect on all the travelers, as Doreen grows to appreciate the simple life, Tim mellows, and even the pets pull together. Best of all, readers get to go along for the ride through forty-seven states in this often hilarious and always entertaining memoir, in which a boisterous marriage of polar opposites becomes stronger than ever.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作者和老公都是精神科医生，却是一对性格迥异的夫妻档：多琳以娇生惯养的公主、宅女、电视迷、绝不运动者和购物狂自居，提姆则热情友善，爱好户外运动。提姆提议“抛弃一切”、开着房车去探险。号称“死也不要上路”的公主最终被说服了。他们带着两只猫、一只狗、200双鞋踏上了旅程，一路上遭遇失火、水灾、抢劫、闯进天体营……但经过1年、22000英里、47个州后，多琳逐渐爱上户外生活，提姆更加圆融，连宠物也更听话了。最棒的是，经过365天、每天24小时粘在一起的大考验，他们更爱对方了！
Awards/获奖情况： 没有更多资料/吴俊2016-3-11
USA TODAY BEST-SELLING BOOKS TOP 150 (February 28, 2016)
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47州、22000英里、200双鞋、2只猫、1只狗、1个老公和1辆怪脾气的房车
离家出走，不如带家上路！婚姻危机在轰隆隆前行的房车上爆发，反而造就了一段热闹的阅读冒险。跟随本书看这个只热衷于购物、奥普拉、死宅的女人，怎么完成1年、47个州、22000英里的冒险历程。在风趣与嬉闹的外表下，在这个横越美国的疯狂旅程中，你会发现以幽默与宽容，应对婚姻起伏绝对有趣。
媒体评价
一本诱人、见解独到的好书，更重要的是，内容还很爆笑，让人想起知名旅游作家比尔•布莱森与大卫•塞德，还有才华洋溢的回忆录作家们的独特口吻。——Jonathan Kellerman,《纽约时报》畅销书作家
笔者的魅力、智慧和幽默使这本风情万种的回忆录不可不看。本书是两本书之和——不抑郁的《美食、祈祷、恋爱》+高智商的《一个购物狂的自白》。——《丹佛》杂志
在风趣与嬉闹的外表下，在这个横越美国的疯狂旅程中，你会发现以幽默与宽容，应对婚姻起伏绝对有趣。——《Elle》杂志
多琳和巧手老公以诙谐逗趣的方式证明，让居家生活更丰富的最好方法就是离家出走……或者干脆帮家装上轮子。——Franz Wisner,《纽约时报》畅销书作家
这是一本“关于旅行改变人生”以及“房车改变生活”的浪漫情景喜剧。——《家庭汽车教练》杂志
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"A Charles Kuralt-Albert Brooks-style romp where they meet up with nudists, robbers and more. Required Reading." ---The New York Post
"Doreen Orion has a fresh, wry voice that’s all her own and she works it like a rodeo rider in her light-hearted and yet tender new memoir, Queen of the Road."---Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
"Two psychiatrists driving a motor home around America, and you’re still wondering whether to buy this book? Step on the gas and go straight to the register."---Jeff Arch, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, Sleepless In Seattle
"Orion has every good travel writer’s ability to make readers feel they are there, to capture the telling details of places, and to present the account in a witty, accessible way. Reading the book makes you want to hit the road and have some of your own grand adventures. This is a fun read that will make just about anyone start itching for a road trip. Grade ’A.’"---Rocky Mountain News
"Doreen Orion and her handyman husband Tim prove, with abundant laughs and martini shaker in hand, that sometimes the best way to enrich home-life is to leave the home...or, better yet, just put it on wheels."---Franz Wisner, New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon with My Brother
“His dream — he’s always wanted to see America in a converted bus — and her nightmare —she has a bus phobia — and their mid-life crisis on wheels, make for a hilarious reading adventure.”---Mary-Lou Weisman, author of Traveling While Married
"You will never look at a psychiatrist the same way again. And you will never take a bus driver for granted, either."---John Elder Robison, New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye
About the Author/作者介绍： 多琳•欧瑞恩（Doreen Orion），拥有三种执照的精神科医生兼畅销书作家，曾至全美各地演讲，也接受过各大媒体的专访。即便如此，她还是觉得自家房车登上《巴士改装》的长幅折页是最大成就，她因此实现了当9月小姐的毕生抱负。DOREEN ORION is a triple-boarded psychiatrist on the faculty of the University of Colorado Health Science Center. Her first book, I Know You Really Love Me, won the Colorado Authors’ League Top Hand Award for nonfiction. She is the travel writer for Bus Conversions magazine. Doreen lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband.
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