A CUPBOARD FULL OF COATS
Book ID/图书代码： 08883011B44375
English Summary/英文概要： It’s been fourteen years since Jinx’s mother was brutally stabbed to death in their home in East London. Fourteen years for Jinx to become accustomed to the huge weight of guilt and anger that has destroyed her life. Fourteen years to nurture an impossible shame.
Out of nowhere, Lemon arrives on her doorstep. An old friend of her mother’s, he wants to revisit the events leading to that terrible night, and Jinx sees the opportunity to confess, finally, her hand in the violence.
But Lemon has his own secrets to share, and over the course of one weekend they strip away the layers of the past to lay bare a story full of jealousy and tragic betrayal. Narrated with a distinct and fiery spice, Jinx and Lemon must find their own paths to redemption in this stunning debut novel.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 愛，真的是最美好而神聖的嗎？還是導致悲劇的枷鎖？
在母親悲慘身亡之後
14年的歲月都無法洗刷的罪惡感與憤怒盤旋在她心頭
如今得到救贖的曙光出現，伴隨母親逝世的真相
她是否能勇敢面對，走出陰霾…
愛猶如兩面刃，它可以溫暖人心，帶來祥和；但也可以使人痛苦，備感壓力，甚至引發不可挽回的悲劇…。
14年前，Jinx的媽媽在家中被亂刀刺死。至此之後，深深的罪惡感與憤怒籠罩Jinx，因此她封閉自己所有情緒，變的麻木，與丈夫和孩子的關係更是疏離。
但她的悲慘人生有了轉機，一位叫做Lemon的男子來到她家，自稱是她媽媽的老朋友，他的出現迫使Jinx回想悲劇發生的那一晚。這是否是歷經14年之後，Jinx唯一一次可以從麻木的情緒和灰暗的生活脫離的機會？面對過去的錯誤是如此傷痛與困難，Jinx是否能從中得到救贖？
其實Lemon也有著不可告人的秘密，能解開Jinx心鎖的鑰匙就在他手中！他為何要在事隔十幾年後來見Jinx？他的目的何在？Jinx的殺母兇手究竟是誰？
本書是一部關於家人之間愛的姿態、傷透心的嫉妒與背叛、從回憶中尋求救贖的優秀之作。(Chris)
Awards/获奖情况：英國新生代作家Yvvette Edwards
初出茅廬就獲選2011英國布克奬初選之作！ Review
"A novel that pulses with rhythm, texture, language, and a story that keeps you locked to its pages. Brutally honest, expertly woven, and utterly mesmerizing. I loved this book." ---Naseem Rakha, author of the international bestseller The Crying Tree 娜欣．拉克哈，著有《哭泣的樹》
“An impressive debut, particularly notable for its pellucid prose.”---Kirkus Reviews
“Edwards elegantly braids together the lives of three people whose entangled love for the same woman turns sour in this gut-wrenching and gorgeously lyrical debut novel. Fourteen years after Jinx Jackson’s mother was killed, "Lemon," a man mysteriously involved in the events of the murder, shows up at her doorstep with crippling news: the murderer is out of prison. Jinx’s first instinct is to run. Full well knowing it’s "too late for regret," Lemon wants to "put the record straight." And over a period of three days, Edwards sweeps the reader along a stream of memories revolving around Jinx’s mother, who chose an abusive relationship over loneliness. "To know her was to love her," and love her these characters did (and do), each in their own way, but some of that love contributed to her murder "in hot blood." Edwards has drawn complicated characters whose voices are as distinct as the choices they have made. Jinx propels the narrative forward with her raw honesty as she unpacks the "private disgrace" that is her life. Engrossing and human to the core, Edwards’s novel wrings the heart in the most tender of ways.”---Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： Yvvette Edwards lives with her family in East London. A Cupboard Full of Coats is her first novel.
Yvvette Edwards是土生土長的倫敦人，目前她和家人住在倫敦，本書是她的第一部小說，初試啼聲就打進英國布克獎(The Booker Prize)初選名單。
Format:电子手稿
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