WINTER GARDEN

Book ID/图书代码： 06830010B35138

English Summary/英文概要： Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesn t know her mother?

From the author of the smash-hit bestseller Firefly Lane and True Colors comes a powerful, heartbreaking novel that illuminates the intricate mother-daughter bond and explores the enduring links between the present and the past

Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist.

But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters.

As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tale Anya sometimes told the girls at night. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise from the women in his life: the fairy tale will be told one last time and all the way to the end.

Thus begins an unexpected journey into the truth of Anya s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago.

Alternating between the past and present, Meredith and Nina will finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother s life, and what they learn is a secret so terrible and terrifying that it will shake the very foundation of their family and change who they believe they are.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一個不了解自己母親的女人可以真正了解她自己嗎？
從作者的賣座暢銷書Firefly Lane和True Colors中道出一個強大的，令人心碎的小說，闡明了複雜的母女關係，永恆地探索現在與過去之間的聯繫。
ㄧ對不同的姐妹Meredith 和Nina Whitson。一個選擇在家撫養孩子和管理家庭的蘋果果園，另遵循一個夢想---周遊世界，成為著名的攝影記者。
但是，當他們心愛的父親生病，Meredith 和Nina Whitson發現彼此的心是相連的；然而站在旁邊的母親，安雅，卻顯得既冷酷又無情，連ㄧ丁點的安慰都不肯提供給她的女兒。
當他們還是孩子時，他們之間的唯一聯繫是安雅所說的夜間床邊故事：俄羅斯童話。父親臨死時，採用童話故事的結局作為遺言：所有美麗的童話終將會有結束的一天。
Meredith 和Nina Whitson開始了解母親的過去：在超過五十年前，飽受戰爭蹂躪的列寧格勒，安雅因為一個意外的旅程開始了新的生涯。
在過去與現在之間來回擺盪，Meredith 和Nina Whitson終將發現發現在母親身上奇異而悲慘的故事。他們發現了一個可怕的秘密，而這秘密可能會動搖家庭的基礎並改變他們所相信的ㄧ切。 (SL)

Awards/获奖情况：紐約時報暢銷作家

Female bonding is always good for a good cry, as Hannah (True Colors ) proves in her latest. Pacific Northwest apple country provides a beautiful, chilly setting for this family drama ignited by the death of a loving father whose two daughters have grown apart from each other and from their acid-tongued, Russian-born mother. After assuming responsibility for the family business, 40-year-old empty-nester Meredith finds it difficult to carry out her father’s dying wish that she take care of her mother; Meredith’s troubled marriage, her troubled relationship with her mother and her mother’s increasingly troubled mind get in the way. Nina, Meredith’s younger sister, takes a break from her globe-trotting photojournalism career to return home to do her share for their mother. How these three women find each other and themselves with the help of vodka and a trip to Alaska competes for emotional attention with the story within a story of WWII Leningrad. Readers will find it hard not to laugh a little and cry a little more as mother and daughters reach out to each other just in the nick of time. (Feb.) ---From Publishers Weekly

The Whitson family is rocked by the sudden death of patriarch Evan, a warm, loving man who doted on his two adult daughters, Meredith and Nina, and his reserved Russian wife, Anya. Meredith, who runs the family business, and Nina, a photojournalist whose job takes her to war zones around the world, have never been able to connect with their cold, forbidding mother. When Anya begins to act strangely, Meredith thinks she belongs in a nursing home, but Nina decides to try to fulfill her father’s dying wish and get her mother to tell her and Meredith the elaborate fairy tales she used to share with them. Anya is initially reluctant, but once she begins, Nina realizes these tales are actually the story of Anya’s life in Stalinist Leningrad. Meredith and Nina decide to attempt to uncover the truth about their mother’s tragic past in the hope of understanding her, and themselves. Though the novel starts off fairly maudlin, it evolves into a gripping read, although it’s a tearjerker. Hannah’s previous books, including Firefly Lane (2008) and True Colors (2009), are tailor-made for book clubs, and her audience should find plenty to discuss in this equally enthralling entry.---Kristine Huntley, From Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： KRISTIN HANNAH 是紐約時報暢銷作家，寫過十八本小說。
她之前是個律師，後來改行寫作。
現在和他的丈夫住在西北太平洋和夏威夷。

Format:HARDCOVER

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