THE SUNSHINE WHEN SHE’S GONE (OLD TITLE: HAPPINESS STUDIES: A NOVEL)
Book ID/图书代码： 06580012B53223
English Summary/英文概要： HAPPINESS STUDIES begins early one frigid, January morning in 2005 when John, a sleep-deprived new father spontaneously flees lower Manhattan with his eight-month-old daughter for a weekend in the Caribbean. It wasn’t a kidnapping, he wasn’t leaving his wife; he just wanted to spend a little time with Clara, give Veronica a chance to sleep. Alternating between John’s and Veronica’s points of view, the story unfolds over just three days and describes the events of the weekend and all that precipitated it—namely the transfiguring impact of parenthood and the history of this contemporary couple over a decade.
Thea Goodman has seized an experience and made it at once particular and universal, dramatic and elegant, witty and yet ultimately earnest. She has used the conceit of the “kidnapping” to tell a story that is profoundly real and authentic and yet has all the propulsive qualities of a good thriller.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 爸爸帶著寶寶落跑 飛到外國！
是因為想與寶寶獨處？想給老婆休息的空間？
以兩性各自的觀點敘述 一場針對伴侶 婚姻 父母角色的自我定位之旅就此展開《John的觀點》
說「綁架」這個字眼太重了。
John藉著凌晨夜色的掩護，打包了行李和嬰兒用品，悄悄帶八個月大的寶寶Clara從美國曼哈頓飛向加勒比海。
這不是綁架，因為Clara是他的女兒；
這也不是離家出走，他只是想讓疲憊的妻子Veronica能好好睡一覺，悠閒度過週末。他也只是想多和寶寶相處，也讓自己仔細想想，如此而已。
《Veronica的觀點》
Veronica一早醒來，想到的第一件事就是寶寶Clara泡牛奶。她走到嬰兒室，卻不見寶寶和John的蹤影，只看到一張老公留的窩心字條。Veronica原本以為John只是帶著寶寶出去吃早餐，還打算來享受難得的獨處時光，但沒想到兩人到晚上都還沒回家…。
寶寶誕生以來，John好像就是不懂，當兩人角色變了，生活模式也會隨之徹底改變。原本男人與女人的觀點就不同，在她懷孕、生產後，兩人的相處就出了問題…。這下他難得做一件像個爸爸該做的事，卻帶著寶寶消失無蹤…。
本書由夫妻兩人各自的觀點敘述，甜蜜的兩人生活在寶寶出生後有了極大的轉變，藉此別離的機會，John和Veronica都能好好思考，以寶寶為分水嶺的人生前後，自己有什麼轉變，兩人間又該怎麼調整，該拋棄什麼，又得到些什麼。語調溫柔，真實細膩呈現人生課題。(Eva)
Awards/获奖情况："Thea Goodman has made something I would’ve thought impossible: an edge-of-your-seat narrative about parenting a small child. Her emotional investment in her characters is complete as they confront each other, themselves, and the heavy weight of new love." --Nell Freudenberger, author of The Newlyweds"Thea Goodman’s astute debut novel poses the question, What if you were to step out of your imbedded life? And her discerning mind answers it with a tale of Manhattanites more inextricably bound together than they might imagine." --Susan Minot, author of Evening
"From its first alarming domestic scene to its far-from-inevitable, unbearably true conclusion, The Sunshine When She’s Gone is a faultless portrait of a marriage in crisis and the precarious paths we all must take to keep our lives in balance. Ever been in love? This book will shake you, jolt you, jar you, and wake you up to life." --Patrick Somerville, author of The Cradle and This Bright River
About the Author/作者介绍： Thea Goodman於紐約大學布魯克林學院取得寫作領域藝術碩士，在紐約新學院(The New School)以及芝加哥藝術學院(School of the Art Institute of Chicago)教寫作。她的短篇故事曾刊登於《New England Review》、《Columbia》、《Other Voices》等出版物，也曾獲得Pushcart Prize Special Mention、The Columbia Fiction Award以及聲望甚高的Yaddo獎學金。現與家人住在芝加哥，本書是她的第一本小說。
Thea’s short stories have appeared in New England Review, Columbia, Other Voices, and other venues. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize Special Mention, the Columbia Fiction Award, and a fellowship at Yaddo, she holds an MFA in writing from Brooklyn College and has taught writing there and at The New School and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Originally from New York City, she now lives in Chicago with her family and is at work on a new novel.
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