TEMPLE FORTUNE

Book ID/图书代码： 11701211B44379

English Summary/英文概要： TEMPLE FORTUNE is a warm, funny and sharply- observed contemporary novel about a young man’s struggle for emotional maturity. Set in the tight-knit, supportive and often frustratingly parochial world of Jewish North West London, it is at once a slyly humorous portrait of a community, and a moving and compelling story of loyalty and freedom. It is a gentle satire on a very particular society but its central themes are universal ones – love, identity and family.
Adam Newman is newly engaged and unthinkingly self-satisfied, having been with Rachel Gilbert since they were both sixteen. Adam and Rachel’s father have had Arsenal season tickets side by side for more than a decade and, having lost his own father many years ago, the warmth of the Gilbert family has only ever enhanced Rachel’s appeal for him. But when Rachel’s troubled younger cousin moves back to London, Adam finds himself questioning everything familiar – haunted, vulnerable and yet fiercely independent, Ellie seems to challenge all the choices he’s ever made. With a cast of vivid and deeply believable characters, TEMPLE FORTUNE is a generous and vibrant novel.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书温暖、有趣、犀利，讲的是关于一个男人如何在情感中挣扎着成长的故事。背景设于伦敦西北片犹太人的世界。这是一个特殊的群体。他们紧密团结，他们互相扶持，他们目光狭隘。故事带着幽默的嘲讽意味，同时在阅读的过程中也不禁为其忠诚和自由所感动和吸引。
安达木•纽曼（Adam Newman）新近与青梅竹马的瑞秋•吉尔伯特（Rachel Gilbert）订婚，感到十分满足。安达木和瑞秋的父亲曾是很好的朋友，可惜他的父亲早逝，所以吉尔伯特家的家庭温暖也是他认定瑞秋的一个原因。然而，瑞秋的麻烦表亲搬回伦敦之后，安达木发现所有熟悉的事物都在悄悄地发生改变。(XJJ)

Awards/获奖情况：《成长的烦恼》（TEMPLE FORTUNE）: 英国: offers; 美国: Hyperion; 加拿大: Harper Collins

About the Author/作者介绍： 弗朗西斯科•塞格尔（Francesca Segal ），记者、评论家，1980年生，伦敦人，小说家和编辑之女，牛津、哈佛高材生，生活在英美两国。她的作品多次见于英国卫报等大型报刊杂志。三年来，她还一直给《观察者报》写专栏，直至最近才易主。

The daughter of a novelist and an editor, Francesca Segal was born in London in 1980. Brought up between the UK and America, she studied at Oxford and Harvard universities before becoming a journalist and critic. Her work has appeared in Granta, The Guardian, The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, FT Magazine and The JC, amongst others. For three years she wrote the Debut Fiction Column in the The Observer and was, until recently, a Features Writer at Tatler.

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