THE COTTAGE AT GLASS BEACH: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 04332811B50784
English Summary/英文概要： THE COTTAGE AT GLASS BEACH follows the story of Nora Cunningham, a woman struggling to find her way after a humiliating, and very public, betrayal. She flees Boston with her two children for Burke’s Island off the coast of Maine, where she hopes to escape the scandal generated by her philandering politician husband. But the island presents its own challenges, including the mystery surrounding her mother’s disappearance when Nora was a child. As she searches for answers, Nora finds that the line between the real and the imagined, the past and present, is thinner than she realized, and that she must make difficult choices to save her daughters and herself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： (Nora Cunningham)諾拉•坎寧漢是馬塞諸塞州歷史上，嫁給最年輕司法部長的一位女性，她是位完美無瑕的政治家妻子和一位溺愛孩子的母親。但當她步上自己不忠丈夫，(Malcolm)馬爾科姆後塵後，她精心營造的美麗世界也隨之灰飛煙滅。
為了躲避媒體的嘲諷和無休止的騷擾，諾拉拖著她的女兒們(七歲的安妮，和十二歲的艾拉)，收拾行李來到伯克的一個島上，遠離塵囂，這是一個位於緬因州海岸外的，多峭壁的崎嶇的，愛爾蘭移民定居小島。此地的海風中夾帶着變幻莫測的願望和夢起夢落的地方。
諾拉在這座島上渡過了自己第一個五年時光，自母親在很久以前的夏季海面上失蹤後，她已經遠離文明社會已有數十載。一夜當她獨坐在玻璃海灘的小屋前，回想起在這裡曾渡過的孩童時光，諾拉不禁悲從中來，眼淚隨之滴入海中。幾天後，她發現一位名叫(Owen Kavanagh)歐文•卡瓦納的神秘漁夫在附近的海灘岩石上擱淺。他，是否就是姑媽朋友波利口中所述的那個蘇格蘭神話傳說中的賽爾克海豹人，他受到諾拉心碎的召喚而來，或者這只是有一個像諾拉一樣處境的女子，正試圖為自己困頓的人生找到一個出口而來？
正如她開始重新找回失衡的人生一樣，女兒們也將踏上自己隨後的人生道路 —— 在這一旅程中，諾拉將會從中找到繪製自己人生前景的勇氣，最終正面應對自己婚姻，母親和那些塵封過去一切的真相。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：希瑟•巴爾維里在備受讚譽的帶有凱爾特色彩的夢幻小說《The Lace Makers of Glenmara》的又一力作，這部引起共鳴的女性小說，講述了故事女主人公在經歷醜聞後，逃到了遙遠的緬因州島，與自己的過去再度重新交結 —— 面對着縈繞和困擾着她一生的童年悲劇的陰影。故事背景設置在地形崎嶇的新英格蘭海岸，巴爾維里的這部新作《The Cottage at Glass Beach》完美地游走於故事高潮亮點和女性主流小說之間，作者通用生動的故事人物，給這部難忘的愛情小說注入了有力地色調，讓閱者駐足于情節之中。巴爾維里筆下所敘述的人性間的親密，鬥爭和自我救贖，讓讀者不禁想到喬安妮•哈里斯，愛麗絲•霍夫曼和其他當代著名大師。"an enchanting novel about mothers and daughters on an isolated island, is a romantic, delicious read. Barbieri’s beautiful writing and beguiling world view revels in the realities and the mysteries of the sea and of life itself." -- by Nancy Thayer, the author of "Beachcombers".
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About the Author/作者介绍： (Heather Barbieri)希瑟•巴爾維里有着一半的愛爾蘭血統。她的父輩祖先在打饑荒後離開了愛爾蘭的多尼戈尔和蒂珀雷里，在來到美國的蒙大拿州的定居前，曾在東部的賓夕法尼亞州的煤礦工作。她衣著得體的祖母曾是維多利亞女王的侍女的後裔，也因此世代相傳給她的孫女，一種對於時尚感的興趣。巴爾維里的第一部小說《Snow in July》，曾被入選為美國獨立書商協會選書，被Glamour》雜誌評為‘最具吸引力的讀物’，和《圖書館雜誌》的第一部著名小說。在轉行全職投入小說工作前，她曾是雜誌編輯，記者，和影評人。她和丈夫及三個孩子住在華盛頓的西雅圖市，目前她正在醞釀第三部小說作品。Heather Barbieri has been published in numerous anthologies including Leftbank Books and Running Deer Press. She was the winner of the Ian St. James International Short Fiction Award; winner of the James W. Hall Fiction Prize; and winner of the Waller Literature Award. She lives with her husband and three young children in Seattle, Washington. Snow in July is her first novel.
Heather’s first novel, Snow in July (Soho Preass, 2004, 2005) received praise from Entertainment Weekly ("Best Opening Line"), Glamour, "Riveting," and such authors as Jacquelyn Mitchard. She has received grants from the Seattle Arts Commission and Artist Trust, among other organizations. Please visit her website, www.heatherbarbieri.com, for additional details.
Heather Barbieri撰寫短篇小說多年，亦獲得不少獎項。Snow in July(2004)是她的第一本小說，獲得許多好評More praises。
Heather Barbieri曾經榮獲:
*Washington State Arts Commission/Artist Trust Literary Fellowship, 2004
*Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators work-in-progress grant, 2003
*So to Speak Short-Short Fiction Competition, 2001
*Ian St. James International Short fiction Award, 1995
*Seattle Artists Literary Fellowship, 1994-1995 Snow in July(2004)
*James W. Hall Fiction Prize, 1985
*Waller Literature Award, 1984
作者網站：www.heatherbarbieri.com
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