THE LOVE CEILING: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 11658510B37081
English Summary/英文概要： A 2009 NEXT GENERATION INDIE FICTION WINNER!
After the death of her Japanese American mother, sixty-four-year-old Anne Kuroda Duppstadt finds the courage to confront the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist. When a former art professor invites her to his island art studio, she begins pursuing her lifelong dream to become an artist in her own right. But the needs of her family tug at her heart. Her thirty-two-year old daughter s love life is falling apart, and Annie s husband, facing retirement, struggles with depression, leading her to conclude, There is a glass ceiling for women...and it s made out of the people we love.
The Love Ceiling draws readers into the soul of a universal theme for women: the pull between family and creative self-expression. It is the story of a daughter, a wife, a mother and grandmother, and a journey into creativity.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 對自己誠實，永遠不嫌太晚
本書獻給渴望追求真我，特別是過了50歲後，認為自己人生已經失去一切可能性的女性
64歲的安妮，父親是一位知名的畫家，卻從不讓安妮展現她的藝術天份，安妮因此長期生活在父親的陰影下，逃避自己對藝術的渴望。
一天，一位藝術教授邀請安妮到他所在島上的畫室作畫，60多歲的安妮便在這開始追求她畢生的夢想：成為畫家。
但安妮的家人卻讓這個夢想看來不僅遙遠，甚至不切實際。
她的女兒凱絲婚姻正陷入感覺自己的婚姻開始變質走樣的掙扎中，雖然安妮試圖安慰她，但卻無法真正走入女兒的內心世界；她的丈夫則因即將面臨退休，情緒低落不已。
家人面對的種種問題與過去父親帶給她的陰影，讓安妮感到無力，並深深認知到，對女人來說，她的一生其實真正能為自己達成的可能性，其實很早便開始被侷限住了，彷若ㄧ張看不見的玻璃帷幕擋在前方，而設下這道玻璃帷幕的，其實正是一個女人對身旁家人的愛。
珍‧戴維思對女人在面對愛所設下的羈絆下，如何在與追求自我之間做出選擇，與這中間經歷的種種掙扎，不僅描寫絲絲入扣，讀來讓人感動，更是一本幽默、充滿慧見，讓女性讀者讀來感到心有戚戚焉的女性小說之作。(KC)
Awards/获奖情况：USA Book News 2009 年最佳圖書獎入圍女性小說決選名單
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award 得主
Rave reviews
"rich with life experiences... rendered with compassion and insight.”---Nancy Livingstone, US Review of Books
“The Love Ceiling will ring true with many women.”---The Midwest Book Review
“...an intriguing, absorbing, and unusual novel.”---Mary Gergen, The Positive Aging Newsletter
“...wonderful, touching, funny. Jean Davies Okimoto writes with literary perfect pitch.”---Christiane Northrup, MD author and host of PBS television special Mother-Daughter Wisdom
“A lovely book, full of wisdom and compassion. With keen insight, the author examines the problems of achieving fulfillment as both a woman and an artist.”---Barbara G. Walker author of The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
“A fine painting of words by a true artist....so compelling that once you begin you cannot put it down.”---Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz artist and author of Camp Days 1942-1945
“Any woman who has ever wrestled with a difficult father will find inspiration and solace in these lucid pages.”---Leza Lowitz former Tokyo correspondent for Art in America
"In this courageous journey, Okimoto gives us a model for any woman yearning to claim her truth, to be seen for who she is in her deepest heart. I was inspired by The Love Ceiling and recommend it for any woman seeking greater self-expression."---Lisa Dale Norton, Author of Hawk Flies Above: Journey to the Heart of the Sandhills, and Shimmering Images: A Handy Little Guide to Writing Memoir
About the Author/作者介绍： Jean Davies Okimoto，童書大師，曾榮獲眾多童書獎項，包含：美國圖書協會青少年最佳圖書獎、國際讀書協會讀者票選最佳童書獎、IRA/CBC青少年最佳童書 獎、父母票選最佳童書獎、華盛頓總督獎、 Maxwell Medallion年度最佳童書。
Format:TRADE PAPERBACK
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