IN A GOOD PLACE (UK’S TITLE: SHIRE HELL)
Book ID/图书代码： 11701209B30650
English Summary/英文概要： Mimi and her husband, Ralph, have left social climbing, pushy parenting, and their marital problems behind them in London in favor of perfect, bucolic tranquility. Or so they thought. What should be rural heaven turns out to be just as tricky to navigate as Notting Hill, even with Mimi’s new best friend Rose -- Dorset’s answer to Martha Stewart -- by her side.
While Honeyborne is thankfully free of prestigious preschools with waiting lists that begin in utero, it has its own fierce brand of competition. Without a helipad for trophy guests, an organic farm shop, and a bottom that looks good in jodhpurs, Mimi is at a distinct disadvantage. And that’s just the start of her problems. Mimi also has a secret. Can she keep it?
With a gimlet eye for telling details and human foibles, Rachel Johnson has crafted a novel that is fresh, hilarious, and irresistibly funny -- a brilliant slice of social satire with surprising depth and heart.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Mimi和丈夫Ralph離開社會上爭權奪利的生活，暫時拋開繁重的小孩教養問題及她們之前隱藏許久的婚姻危機，從居住的倫敦搬遷鄉下小鎮裡，在這充滿濃郁的泥土及青草味的鄉間，除了一些粗獷的鄉巴佬外，Mimi認識她新的好朋友Rose（又名多塞特Dorset的瑪莎‧史都華），原本期望可以在這重新的簡單單純的生活，卻發生更多令人意想不到的事…
這裡的小孩為了進入好的幼稚園，打從娘胎裡就必須開始競爭，而每戶家庭都必備擁有一個直昇機停機坪、1000英畝的花園造景、幾匹賽馬等，如果沒有以上這些條件，那麼在此生活可是相當困難，最後Mimi一家是否能順利在此地生活，而究竟什麼原因吸引她們全家搬過來此地了？她內心是否也隱藏不為人知的秘密？這部充滿幽默及諷刺的社會寫實小品，不僅道出許多想往鄉間生活人的心聲，更讓我們看到人如何擅長以自我催眠的方式生存於現實中。 (VL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Rachel Johnson writes for among others, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, the Evening Standard and Easy Living. She is married with three children and lives in London. Rachel is the author of Notting Hell and Shire Hell.
Rachel Johnson，文字創作者，先前著有Notting Hell 及The Mummy Diaries等小說，也曾替英國主要媒體如「每日電訊報」Daily Telegraph, 《旁觀者》the Spectator, the Evening Standard 及 Easy Living等雜誌撰寫專欄。目前與丈夫及三位小孩居住在倫敦。
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