SUCH A PRETTY FACE
Book ID/图书代码： 14780009B34168
English Summary/英文概要： In this warm, funny, thoroughly candid novel, acclaimed author Cathy Lamb introduces an unforgettable heroine who’s half the woman she used to be, and about to find herself for the first time…
Two years and 170 pounds ago, Stevie Barrett was wheeled into an operating room for surgery that most likely saved her life. Since that day, a new Stevie has emerged, one who walks without wheezing, plants a garden for self-therapy, and builds and paints fantastical wooden chairs. At thirty-five, Stevie is the one thing she never thought she’d be: thin.
But for everything that’s changed, some things remain the same. Stevie’s shyness refuses to melt away. She still can’t look her neighbors’ gorgeous great-nephew in the eye. The Portland law office where she works remains utterly dysfunctional, as does her family—the aunt, uncle, and cousins who took her in when she was a child. To top it off, her once supportive best friend clearly resents her weight loss.
By far the biggest challenge in Stevie’s new life lies in figuring out how to define her new self. Collaborating with her cousins to plan her aunt and uncle’s problematic fortieth anniversary party, Stevie starts to find some surprising answers—about who she is, who she wants to be, and how the old Stevie evolved in the first place. And with each revelation, she realizes the most important part of her transformation may not be what she’s lost, but the courage and confidence she’s gathering, day by day.
As achingly honest as it is witty, Such A Pretty Face is a richly insightful novel of one woman’s search for love, family, and acceptance, of the pain we all carry—and the wonders that can happen when we let it go at last.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 來自廣受好評的作家凱茜.萊姆，於這本溫馨、詼諧、真摯的小說之中，讀者將看到在減去一半體重之後，主人公努力嘗試找尋真我的經歷故事...
兩年前，體重高達一百七十磅的史蒂夫.巴雷特躺在輪椅之上被人送進了醫院，等待她的，將是一場足以拯救其性命的手術。自此之後，史蒂夫的身上發生了翻天覆地的變化，她走路時再也不會象當初那樣氣喘吁吁，同時園藝種植和木椅製作還成為了平日的興趣，現如今，時值三十五歲的史蒂夫可謂徹底脫胎換骨，她甚至不敢相信現在的自己竟變得如此身輕如燕。
但有些東西卻始終未隨其身材一同發生轉變，其中便包括了史蒂夫她那羞怯內向的性格。迄今為止，面對鄰家那位英俊的甥孫，她甚至仍然不敢直視對方的雙眸。公事上，史蒂芬所在的那家法律事務所內依舊是勾心鬥角，而私事上，對於自兒時便寄養在姑父姑媽處的她而言，這裏的家庭生活亦難稱和睦。而更令其頭痛的是，她曾經的閨中好友竟對自己的成功瘦身流出了嫉恨之色。
所以眼下，對於史蒂夫而言，她最大的挑戰無疑就是要如何重塑自己的全新生活。夾雜著痛楚與詼諧，作為小說，本作深入探索了一名女性對於愛情、家庭、以及包容的探尋，同時還向我們描繪了每個人於各自生命之中所背負著的種種沉重 - 唯有當我們能夠做到真正將其釋懷，那麼真正的美好才會到來(Andy)
Awards/获奖情况：A 30-something’s makeover hits a few snags in Lamb’s wan latest. Stevie Barrett has lost 170 pounds since she had a heart attack at age 32, but she still struggles with the same old dysfunctions: horrifying memories of her insane mother drowning her sister, the toxic uncle who raised her, and deep insecurities that see her sabotaging herself at every turn. Adjusting to her new body, Stevie struggles to carve a self-image as she helps her cousins plan their parents’ 40th anniversary party and battles a moral dilemma at the law firm where she works as a legal assistant. Lamb (The Last Time I Was Me) writes with an acute sensitivity in the quiet sections where Stevie plans her garden and contemplates the ramifications of her dramatic physical change, but these pleasant moments are drowned out by extended slapstick sequences in which her uncle and, in flashback, her mother, display the same outrageous behaviors over and over. Stevie’s a winning heroine, but the underdeveloped support cast dominate too much of her show. ---From Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： Cathy Lamb, the author of Julia’s Chocolates, The Last Time I Was Me, and Henry’s Sisters, lives in Oregon. She is married with three children. She writes late at night when it’s just her and the moon and a few shooting stars.
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