THE ISLAND WIFE

Book ID/图书代码： 06140512B54626

English Summary/英文概要： A stunning memoir that defies categorisation and breaks all the rules: one woman’s story, beautifully written to pinpoint the universal experiences of women from young girl, to wife, to mother.

My childhood socks were always white, my frocks ironed. Each day predictable, safe. I escaped. Aged 19, I was swept off my feet by a wild adventurer and married within months. Two small children later, complete with Labradors, cats, a heavy horse and hearts full of dreams, we arrived on a remote Hebridean island to begin our life on the Tapsalteerie Estate. Nothing was ever predictable again. Judy Fairbairns

This is the tale of a young girl who fell in love and was swept away by her husband, first to his Norfolk farm and then to a remote Scottish island where she raised five children, helped her husband start the first whale watching business in the UK, set up a residential recording studio, ran 7 self-catering cottages, a large guest house and a working hill farm. And then? And then?

When I read my own story I can’t believe my life has been this way. It even makes me laugh now, although it didn’t at the time and there’s the point of it. Any woman will relate to some part, and in that moment, be freed from her self doubt. ‘If she do it, so can I, and with grace and with humour.’ It’s not just a book, it’s the courage to keep going, to never give up, for on the other side of the dark is an even brighter light…

Judy tells her story in a clear and unique voice, in turns funny, unforgettable and intensely moving.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本令人震撼的自传作品，它打破常规，很难被具体地划分为哪一类。本书讲述了一个女人的故事，通过优美的语言准确描述了女人们的普遍经历：从少女到妻子再到母亲这些角色的演变。

童年时代，我的袜子总是干干净净的，我的连衣裙也总是熨得平平整整。每天的生活都是可以预测的，也都是安全无恙的。然后我逃离了。19岁的时候，我对一位疯狂的冒险家神魂颠倒，数月之后，我便与他结婚了。后来，我们有了两个小孩，再带上我们的几只拉布拉多犬、几只猫和一只大马，满怀梦想地来到遥远的赫布里底群岛开始我们在泰普撒特利庄园上的生活。一切再也不像从前那样可以预测了。朱迪.费尔贝恩思

本书讲述了一位少女如何爱上她的丈夫并为之神魂颠倒的故事，她首先跟随她丈夫去到他在诺福克的农场，然后又去了一个偏远的苏格兰小岛上，在那里她抚养了五个孩子，并帮助她的丈夫开始经营在英国的第一笔赏鲸的生意。此外，她还在她居住的地方成立了一间录音室，经营着七间自助式的农舍、一家大型的招待所和一个盈利性质的山区农场等。

当我看着自己的故事，我自己都不相信我的生活竟然是这样的。如今这样的生活会让我发笑，但那时候却不会这样而且会觉得这样的生活很有意义。每个女人的生活都会与书中的部分内容相关，而且在那个时候她们是不会去自我怀疑这种生活。“如果她那样做了，那么我也可以，而且我会体面而又诙谐地去做。”这不仅仅只是一本书，它也能让你勇往直前，永不放弃，因为黑暗的另一面是更耀眼的光亮…

朱迪用一种清晰而又独特的方式来讲述她的故事，它诙谐有趣。令人难以忘怀而且感人至深。(XMM)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 从1978年起，朱迪.菲尔贝恩斯就和她的丈夫一起居住在那个苏格兰小岛上。如今她结婚已有四十年了，她有五个孩子，如今都已长大成人—其中一位正在经营着她和她丈夫创立的赏鲸的生意。《岛上的妻子》是她的第一本书，如今她正在创作一部小说。她还是一位艺术家。

Judy Fairbairns has lived on her Scottish island with her husband since 1978. Married now for 40 years, she has five children, all grown up – one of whom runs the whale watching business she and her husband started. Island Wife is her first book and she is currently at work on a novel. She is also an artist

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