HEART AND SOUL
Book ID/图书代码： 03035008B22043
English Summary/英文概要： With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her, Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland.
Dr. Clara Casey has been offered the thankless job of establishing the underfunded clinic and agrees to take it on for a year. She has plenty on her plate already—two difficult adult daughters and the unwanted attentions of her ex-husband—but she assembles a wonderfully diverse staff devoted to helping their demanding, often difficult patients.
Before long the clinic is established as an essential part of the community, and Clara must decide whether or not to leave a place where lives are saved, courage is rewarded, and humor and optimism triumph over greed and self-pity.
Heart and Soul is Maeve Binchy at her storytelling best.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 身心俱疲的Clara醫生，離開都會叢林，被安排到一座小鎮診所。開始為期一年做著吃力不討好的看診工作。忙於應付照顧當地居民和難搞病患的同時，Clara醫生其實也為著自己的煩惱所苦，她有兩個老愛對她碎碎念的女兒，與不負責任的前夫。但值得欣慰的，是她遇到一個願意付出自己，奉獻一切的得力助手。
轉眼之間，Clara醫生即將離開這座小鎮。她著實心思自己的去留，因為在這座小鎮她體會到生命的可貴、勇氣和鎮民對人生幽默樂觀的態度，勝過城市人貪婪又自怨自哀的生活…(CL)
Awards/获奖情况：愛爾蘭國寶級作家 英國圖書終身成就獎得主
紐約時報讚譽
極具卓越天賦的百萬暢銷作家 3個月內狂銷40萬冊
版權已售: 16國
Bulgaria; Brazil; Croatia; Czech republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Italy; Israel; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Sweden; Turkey
In the U.K.
As of last month (September 15), Heart and Soul had sold 325,000 in hard cover. Paperback had only been released a few months (July 9) but in that time had sold just under 400,000 copies.
Heart and Soul in hardcover spent 14 weeks in the UK Top 10 Bestseller Lists, reaching the Number One spot both in hardback and paperback release.
In the U.S.
Heart and Soul was released in hardcover late last Autumn and spent 6 weeks in the US Top 10, reaching the Number 3 spot nationwide
To date
Maeve Binchy’s world sales figures to date [all titles] are estimated at 45 million copies.
Reviews
“A modern day women’s writer in the Jane Austen sense.”---Lauren Daley, The Standard-Times
"Sweet indulgence...Heart and Soul is a delicious delight."---Lindsey Losnedahl, Las Vegas Review-Journal
"Heart and Soul is a pleasant escape into an entertaining fantasy world across the ocean...[Binchy] once again paints a delightful picture of Ireland that elevates the everyday joys and tragedies of her characters to ones of pure romance."---Karin Greenberg, Woodbury Magazine
About the Author/作者介绍： 愛爾蘭裔德國人，是愛爾蘭國寶級作家，也是紐約時報暢銷作家。從第一本書《點燃一支小蠟燭》（Light a Penny Candle），隨後出版的《丁香公車》（The Lilac Bus，1984）和《回聲》（Echoes，1985）兩部小說，曾被拍成電視劇。之後作品如《朋友圈》（Circle of Friends，1990）改拍電影，明妮•德賴弗（Minnie Driver）主演；其他作品還包括《螢火蟲夏天》（Firefly Summer，1987）、《庫柏海灘》（The Cooper Beach，1992）和《鏡湖》（Glass Lake，1994）。 1997年的《晚間課程》（Evening Class），在Sunday Times曾連續十七周排名第一。其後的《塔拉路》（TaraRoad，1998年）被歐普拉選為每月推薦好書，Maeve Binchy
作品在美國的銷量也突破百萬，開始成為暢銷書作家。1999年，授予英國圖書獎的終身成就獎。
如果說故事是一門藝術，那Maeve Binchy就是這行的藝術大師。因為不是走文學路線，她的寫作像是聊天般的，使讀者能由故事其中漸漸想通人生道理而豁然開朗。
Maeve Binchy is the author of numerous best-selling books, including her most recent novel, Whitethorn Woods, in addition to Nights of Rain and Stars, Quentins, Scarlet Feather, Circle of Friends, and Tara Road, which was an Oprah Book Club selection. She has written for Gourmet; O, The Oprah Magazine; and Good Housekeeping, among other publications. She and her husband, Gordon Snell, live in Dalkey, Ireland, and London.
Format:电子手稿
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