THE FRIDAY GOSPELS
Book ID/图书代码： 06400012B57344
English Summary/英文概要： It’s Friday in the Leeke household, but this is no ordinary Friday: the Leekes are Lancastrian Mormons and tonight they will be welcoming back their son Gary from his two-year mission in Utah. His mother, Pauline, wants his homecoming to be perfect. Unfortunately, no one else seems to be following the script.
In turn, the members of the family let us into their private thoughts and plans. There’s teenage Jeannie, wrestling with a disastrous secret; her peculiar elder brother, Julian, who’s plotting an exit according to his own warped logic; their father, Martin, dreaming of escape; and ’golden boy’ Gary, who dreads his return. Then there’s Pauline, who needs a doctor’s help but won’t ask for it.
As the day progresses, a meltdown looms. Except that nothing goes according to anyone’s plan, and the outcome is as unexpected as it is shocking. Laced with black humour and giving an unusual insight into the Mormon way of life, this is a superbly orchestrated and arresting tale of human folly and foibles and what counts in times of crisis.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 今天是周五，但对于里克一家来说，这绝不是一个平凡的周五。里克一家是兰开斯特摩门教徒，他们的儿子格雷在犹他州执行了两年的任务，今天他就要回来了。他的母亲，波林希望这次的欢迎回家仪式能完美无缺。但不幸的是，一切并没有按原定的设想进行。
这家的每个人都各有自己的想法和计划。正处于青春期的珍妮,与人斗殴且隐藏着不可告人的秘密；她性格孤僻的哥哥，朱利安，思想稀奇古怪；而他们的爸爸，马丁，总幻想着要逃跑；而一家的骄傲，格雷，极度害怕这次回家。最后来说说波林，她急需心理医生的救助而自己却浑然不知。
随着日子一天天接近，这个家庭的危机慢慢浮现。事情没有按任何人希望的那样发展，而且结局是出乎意料，甚至是令人震惊的。这部小说运用了黑色幽默，以一种不寻常的方式窥探了摩门教徒的生活，从中让读者看到了在危急时刻，人类所表现出的愚昧与脆弱。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：Jenn Ashworth出生于1982年。她的第一部小说《亲密的一种形式》于2009年发表，并获得了贝蒂特拉斯克奖。2011年，第二部小说《冷光》使她成为了由英国广播公司”文化秀“选出的12位英国新进小说家之一。她与家人住在兰开夏郡，普雷斯顿。她的博客为www.jennashworth.co.uk。
About the Author/作者介绍： Jenn Ashworth出生于1982年。她的第一部小说《亲密的一种形式》于2009年发表，并获得了贝蒂特拉斯克奖。2011年，第二部小说《冷光》使她成为了由英国广播公司”文化秀“选出的12位英国新进小说家之一。她与家人住在兰开夏郡，普雷斯顿。她的博客为www.jennashworth.co.uk。Jenn Ashworth was born in 1982. Her first novel, A KIND OF INTIMACY, was published in 2009 and won a Betty Trask Award. It was followed by COLD LIGHT in 2011, when she was chosen as one of the 12 Best New British Novelists by BBC 2’s ’Culture Show’. She lives in Preston, Lancashire with her family and writes an award-winning blog at www.jennashworth.co.uk
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