TRIP OF A LIFETIME

Book ID/图书代码： 12774009B32640

English Summary/英文概要： How do you get your life back after a sudden and traumatic event? This is the question Heather Delaney constantly asks herself as she eases herself back into her busy job. Heather is not the only one who is rocked by the changed circumstances - reverberations are felt throughout her family and friendship circle. And then along comes Heather’s old flame Ellis. Romantic, flamboyant, determined to capture the past and take control of the future, he seems to have all the answers. But can it really be that easy?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 當國會議員Heather Delaney在公司門外被搶射擊，打傷肩膀後，她的生活永遠地改變了。她急不可耐地想要恢復工作狀態，但心間仍然留有被槍擊後的驚恐，會是誰恨她入骨，竟然要殺了她？是因為私怨還是政治原因？緊張的不只是她，她的弟弟Adam和第二任妻子Jill之間正因為工作壓力和自己的幾個青少年孩子而變得越來越疏遠。大提琴手Adam把自己的憂愁藏著自己的音樂中，Jill卻在努力地維持家庭生活。Heather的選舉官員Shaun年輕、忠誠、壯志淩雲，但不知自己的愛情是不是自己想要的。Heather 辦公室裡的支援者Diane還在為中年破碎的婚姻而痛苦。Heather 的嬸嬸Barbara本可以平靜地退休，退回鄉村休息，但被婚外戀打破寧靜。還有Heather 的老朋友，Ellis 放棄自己美好的律師職業生涯，改行成為生活導師，想要抓住自己的過去和將來，他的到來對Heather來說會是一件好事還是？（Celia）

Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: ANZ Pan Macmillan

About the Author/作者介绍： Liz Byrski出生在英國，但從1981年開始就住在澳大利亞西部。她擔任自由記者數年，寫了大量非文學書籍，在ABC廣播電臺做播報員，還是西澳政府大使顧問。50歲後，由於時尚文化中缺少以中老年人為主角的元素，她開始以成熟女人為主題寫小說。比如《Gang of Four》、《Food, Sex and Money》、《Belly Dancing for Beginners》、《Trip of a Lifetime》和《Bad Behaviour》。她現在還在柯廷科技大學做專業寫作講師。

Liz Byrski was born and brought up in England and has lived in Western Australia since 1981. She is the author of a number of nonfiction books and has worked as a freelance journalist, a broadcaster with ABC Radio and an adviser to a minister in the WA Government. In her late fifties, in despair at the absence of realistic and interesting representations of older women in popular culture, she began writing novels that feature older characters. She is the author of Gang of Four; Food, Sex and Money; Belly Dancing for Beginners; Trip of a Lifetime and Bad Behaviour and lectures in professional writing at Curtin University of Technology.

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