A WEEK IN WINTER
Book ID/图书代码： 03035012B56951
English Summary/英文概要： Stoneybridge is full of holiday-makers in summer, its beaches are full of buckets and spades and sandcastles; but in winter it’s cold and wild. Few choose to walk along the fine sands, the big round pebbles and the exposed rocky promontories that make up the wind-swept Atlantic coastline. Those who do can’t help but see Stone House, the big house on the cliff; once falling into disrepair it is now a beautiful hotel specialising in winter holidays. Its big, warm kitchen, its open log-fires and its elegant bedrooms provide a welcome few can resist, whatever their reasons for coming.
Henry and Nicola are burdened with a terrible secret, while cheerful nurse Winnie finds herself on the holiday from hell. John has arrived on an impulse after he missed a flight at Shannon; eccentric Freda claims to be a psychic - and a part-time hairdresser. Then there’s Nora, a silent watchful older woman who seems ready to disapprove at any moment...
A Week in Winter is full of Maeve’s trademark warmth, humour and characters you want to spend time with.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Stoney bridge夏天是個度假勝地。海灘上到處是水桶、鏟子和沙堡。到了冬天，這可就是冰天雪地，寒風刺骨的地方了。很少人會在這個季節到海邊去玩耍，狂風大作的大西洋海岸滿是又大又圓的鵝卵石和裸露出來的岩石海角。
海邊有一棟石頭做的屋子，原本一度年久失修，現在被改成了一個美麗溫馨的冬日旅館。裡面有溫暖寬敞的廚房、壁爐、雅致的臥室，沒有人能抵禦這樣宜人的環境。無論旅客前來的目的是什麼。
興高采烈的護士Winne從“地獄”裡解放出來，興奮地開始自己的假期。而亨利和尼古拉卻深陷恐怖的秘密陰謀中。約翰錯過航班後正在發牢騷，奇怪的Freda聲稱自己能通靈，還有一個兼職理髮師……還有一個沉默、警惕的老婦人Nora,任何時候都很失望。《冬日裡的一星期》體現了賓奇的專長，這本書同樣溫馨，幽默。(Celia)
Awards/获奖情况：A book to treasure. It’s classic Maeve Binchy territory, filled with characteristic warmth and captivating storytelling (HELLO)
The final novel by late Irish author Maeve Binchy is out now. Set in a country house hotel on the West coast of Ireland it’s full of her trademark warmth, humour and lovable characters. (WOMAN)
About the Author/作者介绍： 梅芙•賓奇1940年生於都柏林，獲都柏林大學歷史學位。在幾所女子學校任教，後進入《愛爾蘭時報》供職，開始撰寫專欄。自1982年她的長篇處女作《點燃一支小蠟燭》出版以來，梅芙•賓奇已經出版了近二十部長篇小說和短篇小說集，
每一本都成為英語世界人人爭讀的暢銷書，她遂成為整個英語世界最受追捧的頂級暢銷書女王。其作品中的《丁香公車》（1984）、《回音》（1985）、《朋友圈》（1990）被改編成轟動一時的影視作品；力作《螢火蟲的夏天》（1987）、《庫柏海灘》(1992)《鏡湖》（1994）等皆為大受追捧的超級暢銷書。1997年問世的《晚間課程》蟬聯《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷書第一名十七周，之後的《塔拉路》（1998）被美國著名電視訪談節目主持人奧普拉選為每月推薦好書，自此梅芙•賓奇在美國聲望大增，全球銷量突破百萬，1999年獲英國圖書獎的終身成就獎。如果說講故事也是一門藝術，那梅芙•賓奇就是這門藝術的大師之一。因為她不走文學路線，她說她的寫作像是在聊天，好像和她聊著聊著，你會漸漸想通一些事情而豁然開朗。所以賓奇的寫作風格，「像講個故事給朋友聽」。
Maeve Binchy was born in County Dublin and was educated at the Holy Child Convent in Killiney and at University College Dublin. After a spell as a teacher in various girls’ schools, she joined the Irish Times. Her first novel, Light a Penny Candle, was published in 1982, and since then she has written more than a dozen novels and short-story collections, each one of them bestsellers. Several have been adapted for cinema and television, most notably Circle of Friends and Tara Road. Maeve Binchy was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award at the British Book Awards in 1999 and the Irish PEN/A.T. Cross award in 2007. In 2010 she was also presented with a Lifetime Achievement award by the Romantic Novelists’ Association and in November 2010 she was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards by the President of Ireland, Mrs Mary McAleese. Maeve is married to the writer and broadcaster Gordon Snell.
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