THE FINEST TYPE OF ENGLISH WOMANHOOD
Book ID/图书代码： 11320008B22089
English Summary/英文概要： It is 1946, and seventeen-year-old Laura Telling is stagnating in her dilapidated Sussex family home, while her eccentric parents slip further into isolation. A chance encounter with Paul Lovell offers her the chance to alter the course of her destiny - and to embark on a new life in South Africa.
Many miles north, sixteen-year-old Gay Gibson is desperate to escape Birkenhead. When the girls’ paths cross in Johannesburg, Laura is exposed to Gay’s wild life of parties and inappropriate liaisons. Each in their own worlds, but thrown together, the girls find their lives inextricably entangled, with fatal consequences...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1946年,17岁的劳拉．泰陵在她破旧的苏塞克斯家里停滞不前,而她古怪的父母进一步加剧这种孤立的状态。一个偶然的机会遇到保罗．洛弗尔，这改变了她的命运,从此她开始了南非新生活。
距离北方数英里,十六岁的同性恋吉布森想方设法逃避现实。当女孩路过约翰内斯堡,劳拉出现在同性恋的狂野生活聚会中并且产生不适宜的暧昧关系。每个人在自己的世界里,同时也融为一体,女孩们发现他们的生活紧密纠缠,带来致命的后果……(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“一部忧郁的、引人注目的处子作……希斯巧妙地再现了吉布森的生活轨迹,同时也是Trelling同样受损角色的再现……为文章提供了重要的情感负荷”(《每日邮报》)
”希思结合富有想象力的,快节奏的故事于一个恰当的期限、地点和心情……一部特别精心编写的悬疑小说。”(《卫报》)
“战后英国良好的氛围和南非的诱惑……咄咄逼人地讲述着故事,让人想起早期的多丽丝•莱辛……曲折的故事深深吸引着读者们。”(《独立报》)
“…令人激动，令人毛骨悚然。”(《每日电讯报》)
“卓越的……作品中蕴藏着一种强制力和说服力”(《星期日泰晤士报》)
“咄咄逼人地讲述着故事,让人想起早期的多丽丝•莱辛……曲折的故事深深吸引着读者们”——摘自精装版。
“新声推荐中一部有前途的新星”——摘自精装版。
“一部忧郁的、引人注目的处子作……希斯巧妙地再现了吉布森的生活轨迹,同时也是Trelling同样受损角色的再现……为文章提供了重要的情感负荷。”——摘自精装版。
About the Author/作者介绍： 雷切尔．希斯1968年出生在布里斯托尔。她与她的屏幕作家丈夫以及他们的三个孩子和一只狗一起生活。这是她的第一部小说。Rachel Heath was born in Bristol in 1968. She lives with her husband, a screen writer, and their three children and one dog in Bath. This is her first novel.
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