ALL THE NICE GIRLS
Book ID/图书代码： 04300008B24838
English Summary/英文概要： Set against the backdrop of the port of Liverpool and the Atlantic seas, smoky tearooms and dance halls, chalk-dust classrooms and dingy hotels, ALL THE NICE GIRLS is a wonderful, romantic wartime novel. As part of the war effort the Ashworth Grammar School for Girls signs up for the Merchant Navy’s Ship Adoption Scheme. The headmistress, the lovely, essentially serious Cynthia Maitland, who lost her lover in the First World War, believes the idea will broaden the horizons of her girls, especially Polly and Jen, bright sixth formers eager to live and love despite it all. Captain Josh Percival is comfortable in the world and on board. His task: to beat the U-boat blockade and bring food and materials back to Britain. His wife, Jessica, a Wren officer, works in Liverpool’s Derby House where the Battle of the Atlantic is being masterminded. Their son Peter is caught up in war too, serving with the Royal Navy. All is as it should be in the line of duty until Josh Percival and his officers of the SS Treverran visit Ashworth. The choices that follow will disrupt all their lives, reverberating even to the next generation, when, decades later, life and love are on the line again. ALL THE NICE GIRLS captures the danger and the excitement of wartime with a sweeping story of heroic deeds and painful separations, illicit love and battles at sea, and above all, of the poignancy of longing and loss.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《所有美好的女孩儿》是一部精彩而浪漫的战争题材的小说，以利物浦港，广阔的大西洋海域，烟雾缭绕的茶室，舞厅，弥漫着粉笔灰的教室和昏暗的旅馆为故事背景。由于战争的原因，阿什沃斯女子文理学校签署了商船队领养计划。校长辛西娅·梅特兰女士在一战争中失去了爱人，她是一个可爱但骨子里很严肃的人。她她相信这个计划可以开拓学校女孩子们的视野，尤其是波莉和珍。船长乔希·波希瓦尔无论是在甲板上还是世界的任何其他地方，他都能应付自如。他的任务是打破敌方船队的封锁，将食品和物资运回到英国。他的妻子杰西卡是一个军官，在利物浦的德比库房工作，大西洋战争就是在那儿酝酿的。他们的儿子彼得也深陷战争，在皇家海军服役。一切都按常规运行着，乔希·波希瓦尔和SS Treverran的军官都按部就班地履行着自己的职责，直到他们访问了阿什沃斯，一切都改变了。他们随后作出的选择将会彻底毁了他们，甚至会波及后代，几十年后，生命和人们之间的爱会再一次陷入水深火热之中。《所有美好的女孩儿》通过讲述英雄的事迹和痛苦的分离，以及海上不法的战争，揭示了不为人们接受的爱情，尤其是憧憬和希望落空的辛酸和痛楚，捕捉到了战时的危险和刺激。(zyt)
Awards/获奖情况：“… steeped in gently nostalgia and the values of another age, ALL THE NICE GIRLS is the first novel from broadcaster and journalist, Joan Bakewell… Poignant and moving, this is a story of schoolgirl innocence, heroic deeds and private sacrifices. Full of telling detail, love and longing, and all the pleasures of a black and white movie on a Sunday afternoon.” “… steeped in gently nostalgia and the values of another age, ALL THE NICE GIRLS is the first novel from broadcaster and journalist, Joan Bakewell… Poignant and moving, this is a story of schoolgirl innocence, heroic deeds and private sacrifices. Full of telling detail, love and longing, and all the pleasures of a black and white movie on a Sunday afternoon.”---NEW BOOKS
“[a] poignant and pleasurable novel.”---THE SUNDAY TIMES
“…a big, wonderful, romantic wartime novel.”---THE HERALD
About the Author/作者介绍： Joan Bakewell has been a broadcaster for over forty years, a print journalist for over twenty years, and has published her autobiography.
琼•贝克威尔（Joan Bakewell），做了40余年的广播员，以及20余年的新闻工作者，并已出版了自己的自传。
Format:HARDCOVER
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