HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 05380013B63417
English Summary/英文概要： I know what my husband would say: that I have too much time on my hands; that I need to keep myself busy. That I need to take my medication. Empty nest syndrome, he tells his friends at the pub, his mother. He’s always said I have a vivid imagination.Life is claustrophobic for Marta. She can barely remember a time before she was married. Her only son has moved into the city, her husband is out of the house all day for work, and her days are filled with being a good wife – keeping the house spotless, clothes ironed, dinner on the table. But increasingly, hours of her day are disappearing unaccounted for and she begins to have visions of a young blonde-haired girl. As the visions become increasingly real, persistent, Marta begins to question everything she knows.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位消失的金髮女孩
一連串不完整的片刻記憶
游移在虛幻與真實之間，她該如何找回自我……?
「我的丈夫總是認為我的時間太多，我應該要找點事使自己忙碌，我必須定時服藥，我的想像力總是太過豐富...... 為了成為完美妻子，我要付出什麼樣的代價?」
丈夫與孩子是Marta生命的全部。與丈夫結縭多年後，Marta如今只能勉強記得當初結婚的過程，這段婚姻前的一切她總是無法想起，彷彿時間平白無故的消失。現在她的孩子長大離家，丈夫每天忙於工作，Marta只能照著婆婆在兩人婚禮送給她的一本書《完美妻子守則》，告誡她要如何在家扮演好一位稱職的賢妻……
時間一點一滴的流逝，留下Marta一人獨自面對偌大的房子過著與世隔絕的生活，她的記憶正漸漸產生變化，甚至覺得自己出現幻覺的徵狀。除了她沒有人能夠看見一位金髮女孩，總是在Marta的身邊徘徊。隨著女孩愈來愈頻繁的出現，她已經分不清楚所看到的究竟是不是幻覺。就當還在懷疑的時候，女孩的身影愈來愈真實，愈來愈詭異，似乎想告訴Marta一段早已被遺忘的回憶...
Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold:
UK: Picador (January 2013)
US: St. Martin’s Press (October 2013)
Germany: Droemer Knaur;
France: Plon;
Italy: Feltrinelli;
Netherlands: De Boekerij
About the Author/作者介绍： Emma Chapman 1985年在英國曼徹斯特長大，在愛丁堡大學修讀英國文學，並在倫敦大學皇家霍洛威學院榮獲創意寫作碩士學位。本書是她創作的第一本小說，融合愛瑪‧唐納修與S. J. 華森的故事元素，被譽為新生代的天才作家。
Emma Chapman was born in 1985 and grew up in Manchester. She studied English Literature at Edinburgh University, followed by a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. After university, she travelled in Scandinavia, and she currently lives in Perth, Western Australia.
Emma Chapman was born in 1985 and grew up in Manchester. She studied English Literature at Edinburgh University, followed by a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. After university, she travelled in Scandinavia, which inspired the setting for How To Be a Good Wife. This is her first novel.
Format:HARDCOVER
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：Rights for HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE have sold to: UK: Picador (January 2013), US: St. Martin’s Press (October 2013) – they’re doing an initial printing of 75,000 copies! Germany: Droemer Knaur; France: Plon; Italy: Feltrinelli; Netherlands: De Boekerij
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