SOLOMON’S SONG
Book ID/图书代码： 06400010B43632
English Summary/英文概要： ’You have to search for the key to the song of your life and when you find it, don’t let it go.’ Fourteen year old Solomon lives for adventures with his cousin Ze, his dog Duke and above all, to sing and play the piano, for which he has a rare gift. But when life in the idyllic mountains of the Serra dos Orgaos is shattered by injustice, the family is uprooted to the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Everything Solomon loves is stripped away and life seems worthless. Growing up at ’Goodnight’, her family’s vast cattle ranch in Montana, Keira Kavanagh dreams of finding the love of her life - the key to her song. But the untimely deaths of two people close to her leave her in turmoil and questioning her romantic teenage notions. Born on the same day, thousand of miles apart, will these two young lives find a love that overcomes their suffering, discovering who they are meant to be, and each other? Solomon’s Song is a beautiful debut novel, interlacing the lives of many vividly drawn characters across continents and cultures.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 若「征服情海」裡一句「你讓我的生命變的完整」(You complete me)
曾觸動你的心弦
那Sarah de Carvalho的Solomon’s Song會再度讓你感動不已！ 每個人心裡都有一首歌，深鎖在心底
只有命中註定的人握有這把鎖的鑰匙
直到遇見此生真愛的那一天，這首歌才能獲得解放，人的生命才能完整
所羅門(Solomon)和凱拉(Keira)，文化背景和成長歷程迥異的兩人
是否能克服重重阻礙，找到今生唯一的真愛？
14歲的所羅門(Solomon)在風景秀麗，生活和平純樸的巴西風琴山脈(Serra dos Orgaos)長大，他是個音樂天才，平時生活的重心就是唱歌和彈鋼琴，還有跟表兄弟和狗狗一起到處去玩。但是好景不常，他們被迫離開美麗的家園，搬到里約熱內盧(Rio de Janeiro)的貧民窟。悠閒純樸的山中生活、壯麗的山脈風景、美好愉快的家庭、他對音樂和歌唱的熱情，所有他深愛的一切都被吞噬，生命對他而言似乎變的一文不值。
故事的另一個主人翁凱拉(Keira)，她和相愛甚深的父母及其他家人住在美國蒙大拿。她們家有個流傳已久的真愛傳說：每個人心裡都有一首獨一無二的歌，但是卻被鎖在內心深處，唯一能打開心鎖的只有專屬於她的真命天子。要一直到遇見命中註定的靈魂伴侶，自己的生命之歌才能獲得解放，一個人的生命才能完整。她的父母就是這個傳說的實證，因此她從小就深深相信自己總有一天會遇見那個真愛。但是不幸的，她生命中兩個重要的人相繼過世，讓她的情緒陷入混亂，而且開始對自己的真愛信念存疑。
所羅門和凱拉，在同一天出生，卻相距幾千英哩，彼此的成長和文化背景大大不同，他們是否能找到彼此，找到讓他們生命中所有苦痛煙消雲散的真愛？(Chris)
Awards/获奖情况：’A beautifully told, uplifting story about fate, the fragility of life and how love can really conquer - and cure - all.’ -- Grazia During my work as an investigative journalist I have met many Solomons begging, prostituted or taking drugs to survive. But I could never bring the drama of Brazil’s street children alive in the way this story does. SOLOMON’S SONG epitomizes life’s lottery for thousands of children, and the miracles of fate and love that can never be explained, but only prove that there is no such thing as hopelessness. ---Chris Rogers, BBC 20110211
About the Author/作者介绍： Sarah de Carvalho left her television career to work in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and in 1993 founded the Happy Child Mission, which works to rescue street children in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She has since returned to the UK where she lives with her children and works on the board of Happy Child.
Sarah de Carvalho辭去在英國BBC的執行製作助理工作，跑到巴西里約熱內盧的貧民窟展開一生志業。她於1993年創辦關注單親家庭和孤兒的組織Happy Child Mission，拯救在巴西街頭流浪的孩子。現在她和孩子住在英國，並持續擔任Happy Child Mission的執行長。
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