THE FRIENDSHIP TEST: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 09B34087

English Summary/英文概要：

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 寫出女人和女人之間，友誼可以走得如此地悠長與深厚

ㄧ個深夜夜晚，四個朋友享受醇酒、大聊八卦之後，決定進行一場考驗彼此友誼的測驗
要通過這場考驗─四個人必須保證「絕對」不會，不管代價多麼高昂，都不會背叛任何一個人。
四個人的友誼是否真的能夠通過考驗，讓長達多年的友誼能夠繼續維繫下去？
英國溫暖系小說代表Elizabeth Noble的流暢文筆，寫出女人和女人之間，友誼可以走得如此地悠長與深厚，是這類題材少見的出色寫手。(KC)

Awards/获奖情况：英國溫暖系小說名家，擅長將親情與友情融入作品中，她認為，人生最難得也最幸福的，就是親情與友情都能兼得，國內已出版《來不及告訴女兒的事》。

版權售出
Germany / Goldmann; Holland / Unieboek ; Spain / Roca; Poland / Muza

Reviews
Noble follows up The Reading Group (2005) with this tale of a quartet of girls who meet in their first year at Oxford University. Freddie is a party-loving American; Tamsin, overweight and shy, is fiercely protective of her friends; and Sarah and Reagan, chums from childhood, are opposites in all respects, with Sarah the embodiment of refined beauty and Reagan blunt and unabashedly ambitious. Twenty years after their meeting, Freddie faces a double-whammy life crisis when her husband calls to tell her he’s having an affair and wants a divorce, and she learns that her estranged father has died. Freddie’s trials test the women’s friendship, as old hurts surface, and the group must do some deep soul-searching. Noble creates a group of endearing, realistic characters and, for the most part, steers clear of caricature (aside from Freddie’s upper-crust husband). Despite falling down a bit on the voice of the American characters (who sound like a Brit’s idea of what Americans sound like), the dialogue rings true, and the human drama will appeal to readers of high-end chick lit. Beth Leistensnider---From Booklist

Noble (The Reading Group) spins another compulsively readable yarn, guided by the cozily familiar conceit of lifelong friendship taking root among vastly different gals. This fab four, deftly rendered with a few pen strokes as distinct personalities—brassy American Freddie; doting, maternal Tasmin; beautiful, sensitive Sarah; and scholarly, serious Reagan—meet in Oxford in the ’80s and nurse each other through heartache and calamity with soul-baring dish sessions and fervent avowals of friendship, calling themselves the Tenko Club. The divergent threads of their adult lives are destined to knot again in 2004, after Freddie suffers a double blow with her husband’s affair and her estranged father’s death. Her oldest friends rally to her cause, each in her own way—from caustic honesty to fierce protectiveness—though bouts of tragedy and betrayal threaten to unravel their bonds. The action spans England and America, with a sprawling, twisty plot that will appeal to readers in both places. Noble’s tender wit depicts the love among friends as steadfast and magical as any romance. Breezy and heartwarming, the novel’s beach-book disposition also makes for a cozy winter read.---From Publishers Weekly

Adult/High School–Freddie, Tamsin, Sarah, and Reagan met at Oxford and quickly forged a bond that continued through careers, marriages, and children. Fast-forward 18 years to the day that Freddie gets a double whammy: her husband tells her that he is seeing someone else and wants a divorce; hours later, her fathers housekeeper calls from America to break the news of his death. So begins a story of friendship that captivates readers from the outset. Certainly, it is formulaic in places: as Freddie tries to come to terms with jarring life changes, she finds herself depending more and more on Sarahs widowed husband. But for the most part, Noble bestows enough imperfections in her characters and twists in the plot to take the story beyond typical romance fare. Readers will enjoy the appealing sketches of London, Cape Cod, and Boston as the friends travel across the Atlantic to help Freddie sort out the ramifications of her parents death. Nobles second novel solidifies her reputation as a graceful and stylish writer with the ability to blend the humor and complexities of everyday friendships.---Kim Dare, Fairfax County Public Library System, VA, From School Library Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： 伊莉莎白．諾柏（Elizabeth Noble），一九六八年十二月生於英格蘭的白金漢郡。她在英國和加拿大受教育，並曾在加拿大多倫多市定居數年。一九九○年畢業於牛津大學聖埃德穆學院（St. Edmund Hall），取得英語文學的榮譽學士。目前和丈夫及兩個女兒住在紐約市。著有《讀書會》（The Reading Group；提供審閱資料）、《友情測試》（The Friendship Test；提供審閱資料）、《譚可俱樂部》（The Tenko Club）、《A到Z的週末戀曲》（Alphabet Weekends；提供審閱資料）等小說。

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