THE MATCHMAKER
Book ID/图书代码： 12751008B20558
English Summary/英文概要： Maggie Ryan can’t help it! She constantly finds herself organizing and meddling in the lives of others, trying to match things and people together, from her neighbours in Dublin’s Pleasant Square to her own family. With three bright, beautiful daughters who are still single Maggie decides that a little romantic matching is needed. However matchmaking is not as easy as it seems and Maggie’s quest to find the perfect partner for each of her reluctant daughters is proving difficult. Her architect daughter Grace has had enough of heartbreak and given up on men deciding instead to concentrate on her career. Poetry obsessed Anna believes that no man can ever live up to her hero W B Yeats.While single-parent Sarah devotes so much time to her little girl Evie that romance constantly passes her by. Determined to get ’rings on those fingers’ Maggie Ryan believes that the arrival of bachelor Mark McGuinness, who has just purchased a house on ’The Square’, is an opportunity far too good to be missed!
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 玛姬•雷恩总是情非得已! 她发现自己老是爱插足他人的生活，在都伯林的愉快广场撮合她的邻居或是家人在一起。 有着三个聪明，美丽的女儿，至今仍是孤家寡人的玛姬，觉得好良缘需要一点浪漫作为陪衬。 然而替人做媒相亲可不是看起来那么简单，而玛姬所向往的完善伴侣对她三个牵强的女儿来说是难上加难。 她眼前的一个建筑师女儿格蕾丝因在情爱路上伤痕累累，已经不堪重负，对男人已不再抱有希望，而决定把精力集中到自己的事业中去。 诗歌占据着安娜心思，在她心中没有人能像诗人叶慈那样让她沉醉。虽然单亲母亲萨拉花很多时间在她的小女孩艾薇身上，但浪漫从未就此在她的生活中停歇过。玛姬•雷恩坚信单身汉本科马克•麦吉尼斯的到来，会让她得到‘结婚的指戒’，这位钻石王老五刚刚在‘广场’购买了一栋房子，这正是一个千载难逢的好机会! (Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 玛莉塔‧麦肯纳(Marita Conlon-McKenna)是爱尔兰最广为人知的作家，她的第一部作品《山楂树下》(Under the Hawthorn Tree)光在爱尔兰就卖了25万册。她的第一本成人小说《The Magdalen》荣登爱尔兰畅销书冠军，之后的作品《Promised Land》、《Miracle Woman》、《The Stone House》、《The Hat Shop on the Corner》和《The Matchmaker》、《Mother of the Bride》也是畅销排行榜常客。
她曾获颇具声望的国际阅读协会奖(International Reading Association award)、爱尔兰年度最佳小说奖(Bisto Book of the Year Award)等奖项，也很常担任电视和广播节目嘉宾。现在她和丈夫及四个孩子住在都柏林。
Marita Conlon-McKenna is a hugely successful Irish children’s writer. Her first novel, UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE, sold 250,000 copies in the Irish market alone. Her debut adult novel, THE MAGDALEN, was a number one bestseller in Ireland, followed by PROMISED LAND, MIRACLE WOMAN, THE STONE HOUSE, THE HAT SHOP ON THE CORNER and THE MATCHMAKER. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children.
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