THE MISSING MARRIAGE
Book ID/图书代码: 00200011B50757
English Summary/英文概要: A love story with missing persons. Love, money, marriage and pseudocide on the north-east coast of England.
Childhood sweethearts, Bryan and Laura Deane have been seemingly happily married for just over fifteen years. Their friends and family believe that if the Deanes are happy, there is such a thing as true love. Only the Deanes aren’t happy.
The tides of debt are rising, and the only remaining road to salvation is a life insurance pay off. But neither of them have any plans of making the ultimate sacrifice to get their hands on it.
So when Bryan Deane goes missing at sea – presumed dead – it looks as though the Deanes might just pull off the scam.
But there are two factors that Laura does not count on; Martha, their fourteen year old daughter who refuses to believe she will never see her father again, and Anna Faust, childhood friend and now a Detective Sergeant – yet another woman who is unable to accept the idea of spending the rest of her life without Bryan.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 这是一段关于爱人消失的爱情故事。 爱情,金钱,婚姻,假死,一切发生在英格兰东北海岸。布莱恩•迪恩和劳拉•迪恩夫妇是青梅竹马,他们已经幸福的一起度过了15个年头,在朋友们看来,迪恩一家会一直这样幸福下去,因为他们代表了真爱。然而事实上,迪恩一家并不快乐。
债台高筑已经逼的迪恩一家走投无路,他们唯一能够想到的方法只有保险公司的人身保险。但夫妇俩谁也不愿牺牲。
布莱恩•迪恩在海上失踪了----当然是假死----一切看上去相当顺利,迪恩一家似乎就快能够使这场骗局成功。
但是劳拉却没有算到两个意外,玛莎是她和布莱恩的14岁的大女儿,她显然不相信自己将再也见不到父亲了;以及安娜•福斯特,夫妇俩的童年玩伴,现任的警署侦探。以及另一个女人,似乎也不能接受将度过自己没有布莱恩的余生。(兼职翻译-DC)
Awards/获奖情况:高度评价郊区女王的兴衰史:梅聪明而巧妙的侧面描写使得这本小说动人且充满了危机感,莎拉•梅拥有一种特别的才能,能够完美的在荒唐的闹剧中融入悲剧因子,从而创作出一部极为成功的佳作,这是任何社会评论家都无可否认的。莎拉•梅成功的将当前英国社会中民众的迷恋,野心,以及阶级偏执多疑症表现的栩栩如生,淋漓尽致。当你厌倦了报纸上那些华丽的流行文化,阅读本书会让你感到一种发自肺腑的温暖与感动,这是对80年代的颂歌!像绝望主妇那样开怀大笑,这是比郊区女王还要精彩的一场80年代城郊戏剧。有氧狂人琳达,喜欢反抗的多米尼克,怪异的尼曼斯---这些角色通常是令人毛骨悚然,但都充分证明观察者极为擅长发现智慧-----一切都那么感人,那么令人欣喜愉悦。这是一部智慧中透露出一丝邪恶的肥皂剧,关于死亡,关于强奸,以及绝望的主妇们,充满了阴谋和戏剧的色彩。有女性声称莎拉•梅的这部书是她多年来读到的最好的一部书。莎拉•梅的确拥有精湛的描写技巧,更可贵的是她又一双善于发现细微之处的慧眼。这是一部极为精彩的小说!这部小说犹如神化:结构完整,内容清晰。梅的成就太令人瞩目了!她将会成为一名越来越优秀的小说家。这是一本让你读了以后便无法停下来的精彩故事。
About the Author/作者介绍: 莎拉•梅,一名专注的社会观察者(亦称作喜欢在幕后默默观察者),曾著有5部小说,现与其担任剧场导演的丈夫居住在伦敦,他们共有两个孩子。 Sarah May is an intimate observer of society (AKA curtain-twitcher of the highest order). She is the author of five previous novels. She lives in London with her theatre director husband and their two children.
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