THE SANDFATHER
Book ID/图书代码： 10000008B24099
English Summary/英文概要： Hal’s life is in upheaval. Trouble at school; problems at home; a quarrel with friends. Then Hal is sent to his grandfather’s seaside home. Soon, his anger is absorbed by the pull of the crashing waves, buffeted by the tides, smoothed by the endless sands. Yet thoughts of the father he has never known, and from whom his only legacy is a bag of marbles, won’t go away. In fact, soon, his dad seems to be everywhere: in the sand figures Hal makes on the beach; in his dreams; in the shape of Wesley Prince, his mother’s old boyfriend. Since no one will tell him the truth, Hal is determined to find out for himself. Will his elusive father ever come into his life? Is he any more substantial than the sandfather, blurred and dissolved by the incoming tide?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 哈尔(Hal)的生活正发生着巨变。学校里的麻烦不断；家里的问题频发；与朋友们之间的争吵。然后哈尔被送到他祖父的海滨住宅里。不久以后，海浪拍打岩石的声音渐渐抚平了他的愤怒，海滩边的潮起潮涌渐渐平静了他的内心，无边无际的沙滩渐渐排遣了他内心的忧愁。
然而，他从未了解过他父亲的想法，而且父亲留给他的只是一袋永不消失的大理石。事实上,没过多久，他的爸爸似乎无处不在:哈尔在沙滩上堆的沙子人形里;在他的梦里;卫斯理王子的形象里,他母亲以前的男朋友。他若即若离的父亲是否将会走进他的生活呢？(Susie)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 琳达(Linda)喜欢研究她的小说，她博览群书，因为研究的目的，她曾经到访过都柏林（爱尔兰共和国的首都），威克洛山脉，诺曼底和第一次世界大战法国和比利的战场。琳达与她的丈夫、三只猫一起住在北安普敦郡（英国英格兰郡名）的农村。除了写作之外，她喜欢阅读,园艺,游泳,看电影，看戏剧,散步,尤其喜欢在山区的地方徒步行走，像威尔士,湖区（英国最美丽的国家公园）和爱尔兰的西部。
Linda enjoys researching her novels and besides a great deal of background reading has travelled for research purposes to Dublin, the Wicklow Mountains, Normandy, and the First World War battlefields in France and Belgium. She’s also jumped out of a Cessna aeroplane at 2,000 feet, boarded a wartime Lancaster bomber, and overcome a fear of heights to go climbing in the Lake District.
Linda lives in rural Northamptonshire with her husband and three cats. Apart from writing, she spends time reading, gardening, swimming, going to the cinema and theatre, and walking.
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