A LOST WIFE’S TALE
Book ID/图书代码： 02630508B28970
English Summary/英文概要： Introducing Edith Lutz, who doesn’t want to be found. She’s left behind a comfortable marriage and quiet Oxford life in a flurry of hastily packed bags, fleeing for London and an anonymous life in the city. With a new look, new name and new job as live-in housekeeper to wealthy publisher Adam, she’s hoping to put her old life behind her and start afresh - again.
To recently divorced Adam, Edith is a breath of fresh air in his empty home and solitary life. But as companionable evenings spent in each other’s company develop into something much more, Adam can have little idea of how shaky the foundations of their burgeoning relationship are.
Edith has never experienced the kind of love she finds with Adam before and wants desperately to plan a future with him. But, haunted by an impossible choice that she faced as a teenager and the devastating repercussions that ended her closest friendship, she can never be quite sure whether she will ever be able stop running from her past.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Edith 为何舍弃原本的婚姻和生活，用匿名过日子？
过往的阴影一步步向她逼近，
而此时的她又憧憬着新生活，
她的人生能重新开始吗？
还是她将又一次出逃? Edith Lutz 不想被发现，于是她把在牛津市舒适的婚姻和平静的生活抛于脑后，收拾行装，匆匆离去。她来到了伦敦市，改用匿名，过上了另一种生活。
Edith Lutz 来到富有的出版商 Adam 家做管家，她希望在换了新工作和名字后，自己能忘记过去，开始新生活。
对刚离婚的Adam 而言，Edith 的到来为他空荡荡的家和孤寂的生活注入了一丝新鲜空气。当两人在看似平淡的交往中衍生出男女情感时，Adam 并没有意识到两人情感的萌芽是如此易夭折。
Edith 在和Adam 的交往中寻觅到了自己从未经历过的感情，她迫切地想和Adam 能有进一步的发展。然而，Edith 在青少年时期做了个令人意想不到的选择，她的这一行为结束了和好朋友之间的友谊，至今还活在挥之不去的阴影里。Edith 不能确定她是否真的能逃离过往的阴影……(YM)
Awards/获奖情况：’Suspense combines with dark humour in this gripping tale of love, betrayal and secrets’---Waterstone’s Books Quarterly
About the Author/作者介绍： Marion McGilvary is married with four grown up children. While bringing up her family she studied Arabic at the University of Westminster, and Graphic Design and Illustration at Camberwell School of Art and Chelsea. Over the last decade, she has written for The Times, the Financial Times - where she was a Restaurant Critic for three years and shortlisted for a Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award - and the Observer, where she has been a regular contributor and columnist. She is currently studying for an MA in psychoanalytical thought and feeding her addiction for evening classes with bookbinding and Italian. A Lost Wife’s Tale is her first novel. Marion McGilvary 与家中四个孩子现居于伦敦。她曾是 The Times, The Financial Times, 以及 The Observer 的特约投稿人和专栏作家。A Lost Wife’s Tale 是她的首部作品。
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