RUBY
Book ID/图书代码： 01890010B35598
English Summary/英文概要： The MacLean family has more than their fair share of secrets. They live in a close-knit community on Glasgow’s High Street and the men work on the railways. They’re hard-working, ordinary, respectable people but, behind the facade, they are a family in crisis. Ruby MacLean has to face a personal crisis just as the Second World War is about to start. She’s seventeen, pregnant and forced to marry Gerry Reilly, a railway worker whose main aim in life is drinking heavily whenever he can. As their daughter is born, Gerry joins up and heads off to war, leaving Ruby to cope alone with a new baby and a family falling apart at the seams. And when her mother dies and the family secrets start to unravel, Ruby has to find the strength to build a new life for herself and her daughter. Many years later, retired and living quietly by the sea, Ruby discovers there were more secrets in her family than she could ever have imagined. As she discovers the final pieces in her family jigsaw and uncovers a tale of secrets and lies that she could never have suspected, she’s left reeling from shock. ’The McLeans,’ she used to joke, ’were like any other family, only more so,’ but what she discovers after all those years is that she never knew just how right she was.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 麦克莱恩一家生活在英国格拉斯哥，成日在铁路上工作。他们辛勤工作，平凡朴实，所以没有人会想到他们家正陷入一场家庭危机。犹如二战的一触即发之势，露比 麦克莱恩也正面临着巨大的个人危机。十七岁的露比带着身孕被强迫嫁给铁路工人格里赖利，后者是个不折不扣的酒鬼。不久后，露比产下一个女孩，而格里赖利为了躲避战争，抛下妻女远走高飞。随着母亲的去世，露比不得不带着女儿离开。
很多年以后，已经退休的露比在海边平静安逸地生活着，直到她偶然发现了家族的惊人秘密，随着那些令她瞪目结舌的逐一暴露在她眼前的谎言，还有她从不知道的阴谋……(RH)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Meg Henderson is the author of several books including Finding Peggy, The Holy City, Bloody Mary, Chasing Angels and A Scent of Bluebells. Meg has also worked on TV scripts and documentaries, and is still a journalist, writing for all the major newspapers. She has a deep interest in history and enjoys bringing it alive in her books, most of which are based on fact.
Meg Henderson，著名作家，她的作品还包括《Finding Peggy》、《The Holy City》、《Bloody Mary》、《Chasing Angels》和《A Scent of Bluebells》。Meg Henderson曾参与电视脚本和纪录片的制作，她也是一名记者，为各大知名报纸撰写作文。Meg Henderson对历史有着浓厚的兴趣，她的作品很好地体现了这点。
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