LOLA’S SECRET
Book ID/图书代码： 03540011B49331
English Summary/英文概要： Magic can happen in every familyAt the Valley View Motel in South Australia’s picturesque Clare Valley, eighty-four-year-old Lola Quinlan is up to her usual mischief. She’s sent her family away for Christmas and invited a number of mystery guests to come and stay. But who are all these people, and why aren’t they spending the festive season with their own loved ones?
As the big day draws closer and Lola’s personal family dramas threaten to unravel her plans, she discovers that at a special time of year, magic can happen in every family – especially your own.
From the bestselling author of At Home with the Templetons comes a funny, sad and moving novel about memories and moments and the very meaning of life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 每個家庭都可能出現奇跡在南澳大利亞風景如畫的克雷爾山谷的假日景觀汽車旅館，八十四歲的羅拉•奎因蘭習慣於搞點惡作劇。她為了耶誕節將家人支走，而去邀請了幾位神秘的客人來過節。但這些人是誰，他們為何不與自己的所愛的家人一起歡度節日呢？
當重要的日子臨近，羅拉的夢幻家人組合將威脅要揭露她的計畫，她發現了一個特別的時節，每個家庭都可能產生奇跡—— 特別是你自己的。
來自《The Alphabet Sisters/阿法貝姐妹》暢銷書作者的這部充滿歡笑，悲傷和動人的小說，講述了一段關於生活中的點點滴滴和其中的真諦。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：版權已售：
德國：Wilhelm Goldmann
英國：Macmillan
ANZ: PenguinRights Sold:
German:Wilhelm Goldmann
UK:Macmillan
ANZ: Penguin
“McInerney的談吐和語言輕而易舉地在讀者心中引起了共鳴，使得這本書成為‘如黃油般溫馨甜美的閱讀經歷’”
——2011年《澳大利亞婦女週刊》
“這是有關Lola家庭的問題和解決方法的有趣小說。McInerney用微妙的對話和清新的故事框架輪廓正是我們希望從一位故事才子那兒得到的東西。”
——Launceston Examiner (Australia) September 2011
Shortlisted for General Fiction Book of the Year in the 2012 Australian Book Industry Awards.
‘McInerney’s cast of a thousand chatty voices is etched effortlessly and resonantly by the end of chapter two and has been described as “comfort reading” and “warm buttered toast”. Except McInerney’s protagonist is no pushover and there are no honey-dripped endings. This is full of grains of truth: it is never too late to live, but you are never too old to learn.’Australian Women’s Weekly, November 2011
‘This delightful story explores the lives and problems of Lola’s family and those of her would-be guests. Once again McInerney delivers well-written dialogue and a refreshing storyline which is what we have come to expect from this talented teller of tales.’
Launceston Examiner (Australia) September 2011
About the Author/作者介绍： 莫妮卡.麥金納尼在南澳大利亞的克雷爾穀葡萄酒產區長大。她從事過兒童電視臺的工作，藝術行銷，音樂產業，公共關係和圖書出版等方面的工作，並在澳大利亞，愛爾蘭和英國生活過。她前期出版了七本小說，像是近期出版的 《The Alphabet Sisters/阿法貝姐妹》和《Family Baggage/家的背包》和 《Those Faraday Girls/那些法拉第女孩》，這本書世界暢銷，並在歐洲以譯文出版。《與塔普頓一家》提名為2010年度最受歡迎伊森圖書榜評為愛爾蘭圖書獎。現與其愛爾蘭籍丈夫居於都柏林。
Monica McInerney grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia, where her father was the railway stationmaster. She is the author of five bestselling novels, A Taste for It (2000), Upside Down Inside Out(2002), Spin the Bottle (2003), The Alphabet Sisters(2004) and Family Baggage (2005), published internationally and in translation.
In 2006 she was the ambassador for the Australian Government initiative Books Alive, with her novella Odd One Out. Her most recent novel Those Faraday Girls (Macmillan) was published in the USA, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 2007 and in the UK in 2008.
She currently lives in Dublin with her husband.
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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