A WATERSHED YEAR
Book ID/图书代码： 06840010B34298
English Summary/英文概要： Lucy never confessed her love to her best friend, Harlan, before he passed away. Two months after his funeral, she is haunted by the power of things left unsaid. But then she receives the first of his e-mails arranged to be sent after his death. So begins the year that everything changes—Lucy’s watershed year.
In an e-mail, Harlan says something that consumes her: he’s certain Lucy is destined for motherhood. In her grief, she suddenly rediscovers hope, journeying to Russia to adopt a four-year-old boy. When she meets her son, Mat, for the first time, she realizes he’s also mending a wounded heart and is just as lost as she is. Together, they learn to trust, each helping the other to heal.
But just as they’re welcoming their new normal, Mat’s father comes to America to reclaim his son and reveals the truth about Mat’s past that might shatter Lucy’s fragile little family forever.
Susan Schoenberger’s breathtaking and powerful story of love, loss, redemption, and what it means to be a mother will leave you in awe as Lucy, in the depths of her greatest despair, somehow finds her greatest joy and embraces the beauty of second chances.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Lucy在Harlan去世前从未向她这个最好的朋友承认过她的爱。在他葬礼两个月后，她才发现自己一直在为那些没说出口的话所困扰。但随后她收到了第一封他生前编辑好，在他死后才发给她的电子邮件。所以从今年开始一切都改变了，这是Lucy分水岭的一年。
在一封电子邮件中，Harlan说了一些让她感到惊愕的话：他相信Lucy注定要做一位母亲。在悲痛之余她似乎又突然重新看到了希望。她在俄罗斯收养了一个四岁的男孩。当她第一次见到儿子Mat时，她意识到他也在修补自己那颗受伤的心，和Lucy一样对人生充满了迷茫。一起生活后，他们渐渐学会了信任，治愈彼此破碎的心。
但就在他们迎接崭新生活的同时，Mat的父亲来到美国认回他的儿子，并揭露了Mat过去的真相，而这个真相可能会摧毁Lucy刚建立的脆弱的小家庭。
Susan Schoenberger这个绝妙的故事讲述了爱、失去、救赎以及身为人母的意义，让你心生敬畏。因为露西在她最绝望的时候，不知何故找到了她的快乐，并接受了第二次机会的美好。(YYW)
Awards/获奖情况：#亚马逊上的女性宗教小说畅销书第1位！
“Lucy的这个故事是一个关于失去和治愈的故事，它讲述了做一个母亲的含义以及放下执念向前看的重要性。”——Booklist
“对母亲和家庭的力量进行全面和励志的解读，《分水岭之年》是一个很好的选择。”——Midwest Book Review
“一个关于生与死的优秀故事，它不经意间让我们感受到爱将我们环抱在怀中……[Schoenberger]创造了一个生动绵长的梦想，这个梦想告诉了人们创造家庭的意义，无论好坏。这是一部勇敢而感人的小说。”——Bret Lott，奥普拉图书俱乐部精选作品的畅销书作者
“Schoenberger把我们带到了心灵里那片的柔软之地，在那里爱以各种形式将悲伤变为美好。”——Patti Callahan Henry，纽约时报畅销书作者，著有《浮木夏日》
“Schoenberger在叙述中巧妙地勾勒出了那种虽然最亲密的关系可能不完美，但它仍在继续改变我们……这个故事让我流泪……书中的角色奇怪得很可爱，人物性格有着令人信服的复杂度……是我很久以来读到的最好的一本书。”——Juliette Fay，《庇护我》的作者
#1 Bestseller in Women’s Religious Fiction on Amazon!
“[Lucy’s] story is one of loss and healing, what it means to be a mother, and the importance of moving forward.” --Booklist
“Thoughtful and uplifting reading of the power of a mother and family, A Watershed Year is an excellent pick.” --Midwest Book Review
“A well-told tale of life and death and the way, when we least expect it, love can encompass us roundabout...[Schoenberger] has created a vivid and continuous dream of what it means to create a kind of family, for better and worse. This is a brave and moving novel.” --Bret Lott, bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club selection Jewel
“Schoenberger takes us to the softer places of the heart where love—in all its forms and glory—transforms grief into grace.” --Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Driftwood Summer
“Schoenberger’s spot-on storytelling adeptly draws out the ways in which our closest relationships can be imperfect and yet continue to transform us...The story often tugged me to tears...Her characters are lovably quirky yet complex enough to be believable...The best read I’ve had in a long time.” --Juliette Fay, author of Shelter Me
During the London Book Fair, many were excited about Susan Schoenberger’s The Virtues of Oxygen and A Watershed Year and asked about sales numbers.
To date her books have sold nearly 100,000 copies, recently averaging over 10,000 copies a month!
Schoenberger’s The Virtues of Oxygen has also recently gotten placement in 1500 Wal-Mart stores, and A Watershed Year was a #1 Bestseller on Amazon for its category!
About the Author/作者介绍： SUSAN SCHOENBERGER自1984年以来一直是巴尔的摩太阳报和哈特福德报及其他报纸的作家、编辑和文案。她现在是自由撰稿人、写作导师和交流顾问。她的文章和随笔出现在许多出版物上，包括《东北报》和《读者文摘》。她的短篇小说出现在Inkwell和乡村漫步者上，她是新千年写作比赛的决赛选手。她的第一部小说《分水岭之年》在William Faulkner/William Wisdom创作大赛中获得金牌。SUSAN SCHOENBERGER has been a writer, editor, and copyeditor at newspapers including The Baltimore Sun and The Hartford Courant since 1984. She now works as a freelance writer, a writing coach, and a communications consultant. Her articles and essays have appeared in many publications, including the Courant’s Northeast magazine and Reader’s Digest. Her short stories have appeared in Inkwell and the Village Rambler, and she was a finalist in the New Millennium Writings contest. Her first novel, A Watershed Year, received the gold medal in the William Faulkner/William Wisdom Creative Writing competition.
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