TALK SOFTLY: A MEMOIR
Book ID/图书代码： 12070010B40075
English Summary/英文概要： Talk Softly is Cynthia O’Neal’s personal story of transforming her life as a model and actress to one as the founder and president of one of the first organizations offering free emotional support to AIDS patients. A star-studded trip through New York’s historical arts scene, Talk Softly is also a moving account of one woman working with people in grief and learning to live in the present moment. Through it all, whether it be eliciting a flirtatious comment from Steve McQueen, screen testing with Elvis Presley, throwing dinner parties for Rudolf Nureyev, inspiring a scene in the Broadway musical Rent, or sitting with a young man dying from AIDS, Cynthia’s life has been an incredible journey of grace, humor, and love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书讲述的是辛西娅从模特和演员转行成为首个艾滋慈善组织成立者的故事。故事真情流露，记录了她目睹的悲伤和悲伤中的坚强。总结，辛西娅的生活不仅是优雅光环，还可以很幽默充满了爱心的。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：麦克•奥达(Michael Ondaatje)：“本书可谓繁华生活下的一朵奇葩，有时欢喜有时泪，记录了一群积极对抗艾滋的勇敢患者。也许这就是文明所在。” 苏珊•明诺（Susan Minot）：“本书倡导人们向善。作者以其亲身经验告诉大家只要你肯做，生活可能就会改变。在发现自己染上艾滋以后，作者没有气馁而是筹措了一个组织在精神和物质上帮助患者。”
马克•多提（Mark Doty）：“本书承载了艾滋风行那些岁月毁灭性的记忆。辛西娅仿佛网罗了所有患者的病痛，显示了其超常的勇气和毅力。她的爱无边无际。”
戴安娜•索耶（Diane Sawyer）：“患病的噩耗传来，人们还得继续生活。对每一位患者而言，辛西娅给了他们想要的支持和守护，使他们远离孤单绝望。”
帕翠希亚•波斯沃斯（Patricia Bosworth），《心中的欲望：家庭故事》（Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story）作者：“作者这本自传很棒，既讲了自己和丈夫的辛酸婚姻，也有她成为艾滋疗伤圣女的感人事迹。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 辛西娅•奥尼尔（Cynthia O’Neal），上世纪八十年代末艾滋爆发时期居于纽约。她为新肆虐的疾病患者成立了一个互助组织。自1991年成立之初，这个组织在精神和情感上都给患者带来了莫大支持和鼓舞。 Cynthia O’Neal was living in New York in the late eighties when the AIDS epidemic broke. Struck by the number of young people dying alone from a mysterious and highly stigmatized new disease, she started the organization Friends In Deed-The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness. Since its establishment in 1991, Friends In Deed has provided emotional and spiritual support for thousands of people affected by a life-threatening physical illness.
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