MR CHEN’S EMPORIUM

Book ID/图书代码： 12774012B54618

English Summary/英文概要： In the autumn of 1872, seventeen-year-old Amy Duncan arrives in the Gold Rush town of Millbrooke, anticipating glittering pavilions and gilded steeples, only to find a dusty main street lined with ramshackle buildings. Her spirits are lifted when she discovers Mr Chen’s Emporium, an Aladdin’s cave of exotic wares. But once her clergyman father learns she has set foot in a Chinese store, he bans his daughter from ever going there again, claiming the Celestials, as he calls them, are evil idolaters. Amy, however, is fascinated by the emporium and its owner, and promptly defies the prohibition. In present-day Millbrooke, recently widowed artist, Angie Wallace, has rented the Old Manse where Amy used to live. When her landlord produces an old travelling trunk containing a motley collection of Amy’s keepsakes, Angie is intrigued by the contents and sets out to learn more about the mysterious girl from the past. And before long, the lives of two very different women, born a century apart, will become connected in poignant and timeless ways.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1872年的秋天，17岁的艾米•邓肯随父亲来到了传说中的淘金小镇米尔布鲁克，然而小镇上并没有想象中闪闪发光的屋舍，也没有镀金的尖塔，有的只是一条破败不堪的主街道。艾米无意中发现了一家陈氏百货，这家百货商店就像阿拉丁的藏宝窟，充满了各式各样的舶来品，艾米沉迷其中，不能自拔。一次偶然的机会，艾米的牧师父亲发现女儿频繁出入的竟是一家中国商店，父亲勃然大怒，禁止女儿踏入百货店，并宣称中国人是邪恶的信徒。然而艾米却依旧十分喜爱这家百货店和店主，她巧妙地躲开父亲的管辖，常常偷偷光顾。时空穿越到当代的米尔布鲁克小镇，安吉•华莱士是一位刚刚失去丈夫的女艺术家，她来到小镇并租下了老牧师的府邸，房东给了她一只老旧的皮箱，箱子里装满了艾米曾经从百货店里收集来的各式稀奇古怪的纪念品，安吉被这些小物件深深地吸引了，她开始慢慢了解这位生活在过去的神秘女孩。殊不知不久的将来，这两名生活在不同世纪的女子之间将产生一系列超越时空的强烈羁绊。(DC)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 德博拉•欧布莱恩，教师，视觉艺术家与作家。德博拉生于悉尼并在那里接受教育并成长，其家族却来自于古老的金矿地区，自19世纪末，欧布莱恩家族便定居于新南威尔士的中西部地区。德博拉毕业于悉尼大学当代语言专业，毕业后的十年间，她一直在新南威尔士高中任教。儿子出生后，德博拉开始了一项全新的职业--在家从事艺术与写作创作，同时担任学校美术教师。德博拉与其丈夫及一条科利牧羊犬一同生活，他们时而住在城市，时而回到他们的乡下的房子里：感受充满青春气息的小溪流淌而过，以及时不时经过的一群鸭嘴兽。德博拉还一直梦想着能够养一群羊驼。作者著有七本非小说类书籍，主要涉猎艺术设计相关领域，此外作者还为许多杂志撰稿并创作有短篇小说。《陈氏百货》是作者的首部小说。

Deborah O’Brien is a teacher, visual artist and writer. Although she was born and educated in Sydney, her family hails from the gold districts of central-western NSW, where they settled during the latter part of the nineteenth century. After graduating from the University of Sydney in modern languages, she taught in NSW high schools for ten years. Following the birth of her son, she began a new career, working from home as an artist and writer and teaching classes in decorative painting. Together with her husband and collie dog, she divides her time between the city and a country cottage, overlooking a spring-fed creek frequented by platypus. It is her dream to own a small herd of alpacas. She has authored several non-fiction books in the art and design areas, contributed articles to a variety of magazines and written short stories. Mr Chen’s Emporium is her first novel.

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