THE PERFECT PRESENT
Book ID/图书代码： 06580012B59034
English Summary/英文概要： Haunted by a past she can’t escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise - her quiet relationship and growing jewellery business are all she needs to get by. Until the December day when Rob Blake walks into her studio and commissions a necklace that will tell his enigmatic wife Cat’s life in charms. As Laura interviews Cat’s family, friends and former lovers, she steps out of her world and into theirs – a charmed world where weekends are spent in Verbier and the air is lavender-scented, where friends are wild, extravagant and jealous, and a big love has to compete with grand passions. Hearts are opened, secrets revealed and as the necklace begins to fill up with trinkets, Cat’s intoxicating life envelops Laura’s own. By the time she has to identify the final charm, Laura’s metamorphosis is almost complete. But the last story left to tell has the power to change all of their lives forever, and Laura is forced to choose between who she really is and who it is she wants to be.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 劳拉•康妮汉姆一直以来深受过去的困扰，她唯一的渴望便是拥有专属于自己的小小珍贵世界---她平静而无波澜的人际关系以及不断兴盛的珠宝生意是她全部的支柱。然而12月的某一天，当鲍勃•布莱克走进了她的工作室并委托她定制了一款能表达出他谜一般的妻子凯特的无限魅力项链时，平静就这样被打破了。随着劳拉不断拜访凯特的家庭，朋友以及曾经的恋人，她也慢慢走出自己的世界，闭关逐渐踏入了他们的世界----一个充满了魅力的世界，他们会在韦尔毕耶度过周末的闲暇时光，在那里空气中弥漫着薰衣草的香气，那里的朋友们都是狂野不羁的，他们挥霍，他们善妒，但同时又是充满了激情的博爱者。在不断敞开心扉的过程中，一个个秘密也浮出水面，项链开始伴随有小小的装饰品，而凯特狂乱的生活亦渐渐覆盖了劳拉的人生。当界定最终的魅力的那一刻到来，劳拉的变形已经基本实现。然而剩下的最后一个故事却蕴藏着永远改变两人命运的巨大力量，劳拉不得不做出选择，是做真实的自己，还是成为自己最渴望的样子。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 卡伦•斯旺，在决心放弃一切，一心一意抚养三个孩子和一只患有注意缺陷多动障碍的小狗狗之前，在决心追随理想成为一名作家以前，斯旺便已开始了其时尚记者的工作。作者现居住在苏塞克斯的一座森林里，在一座树屋里，她一边欣赏落日的余晖一边创作书籍。其首部小说《娱乐家》出版于2010年，其后出版了《普利马•唐娜》。2011年卡伦的第三部小说作品《蒂芙尼圣诞》曾荣登星期六时报十大畅销书榜。Karen Swan began her career in fashion journalism before giving it all up to raise her three children and an ADHD puppy, and to pursue her ambition of becoming a writer. She lives in the forest in Sussex, writing her books in a treehouse overlooking the Downs. Her first novel, Players, was published in 2010, followed by Prima Donna. In 2011 Karen’s third novel, Christmas at Tiffany’s, was a Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.
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