THE ONE-WAY BRIDGE
Book ID/图书代码： 02173013B63527
English Summary/英文概要： In her highly anticipated new novel, acclaimed literary master Cathie Pelletier returns to Mattagash, Maine, the beloved New England town where it all started.Welcome to Mattagash, the last town in the middle of the northern Maine wilderness. The road dead-ends here, but Mattagash’s citizens are fiercely proud.
Yet this simple town connected by a single one-way bridge is anything but tranquil. While neighbors bicker publicly over trivialities such as offensive mailbox designs and gossip about suspicious newcomers, they privately struggle to navigate deeper issues—scandals, loss, failed ambitions, the scars of war...and a mysterious dead body in the woods.
With her trademark wit and keen eye for detail, Pelletier has assembled an unforgettable cast of endearing and eccentric characters, from scheming mailmen and peeping toms to lovesick waitresses and loggers whose underhandedness belies their ingenuity. The citizens of Mattagash will make you laugh and cheer for them as they stumble into one another’s lives and strive to define themselves in a changing world that threatens to leave them behind.
The One-Way Bridge is an extraordinary portrait of family, loneliness, and community—and the kinds of compromises we all make in the name of love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在备受瞩目的新小说中，倍受赞誉的文学大师卡西•佩尔蒂埃回到了缅因州的Mattagash，她挚爱的新英格兰小镇，一切的故事开始的地方。
欢迎来到Mattagash，缅因州北部荒野中最后的小镇。镇的尽头已无通路，但Mattagash的居民仍为小镇深感自豪。
这个由一座单向桥通往外界的小镇虽然什么都没有，但非常安静。邻居间也会为一些琐事公开吵嘴，诸如讨厌的邮箱设计和对可疑新人的八卦，他们私下里会争相讨论更深层的事件，如丑闻，损失，失败的野心和战争创伤，还有树林中那具神秘尸体。
佩尔蒂埃用她的智慧和对细节的敏锐眼光创造了一系列令人难忘的可爱但古怪的人物，从诡计多端的邮递员和偷窥者汤姆斯到为情所困的服务员和用手上的技艺掩盖其智慧的伐木工人。Mattagash的居民会逗你发笑，当他们陷入彼此的生活并努力在这个不断变化的世界定义自己，将威胁消灭时，你会为他们喝彩。
《单向桥》是一本关于家庭、孤单、社区以及我们在爱的名义下的各种妥协的书。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“如果你喜欢《奥丽芙•基特里奇》，你会喜欢《单向桥》。”——李•史密斯，《最后的女孩》的作者
“卡西•佩尔蒂埃是我最喜欢的小说家之一，《单向桥》是她作品中的佼佼者。”——沃利•拉姆，《她不完美》的作者
“《单向桥》是卡西•佩尔蒂埃迷期待已久的小说。她构造的缅因州的Mattagash镇是我读过的最有真实感的小镇之一。它的地理像其他真实的地方一样生动精确，镇上的公民栩栩如生，就像是我们身边的人一样。”——《帝国瀑布》的作者理查德•鲁索
“在她的新书中，卡西•佩尔蒂埃精心创造的如同真实存在于现实生活中的人物让你在捧腹的同时又能打动你的心。她真的是一个难得的人才。”——房利美•弗拉格，《口哨咖啡厅的油炸绿西红柿》的作者
“《单向桥》是佩尔蒂埃虚构的缅因州的Mattagash镇的悲喜册，这本书也是作者的回归之作。”——柯克斯
“我很喜欢《单向桥》，佩尔蒂埃创造的人物真实且可爱。我一直期待卡西的新书，她也没让我们失望。”——苏珊•波特，缅因州海岸书店
“卡西在捕捉人物的情绪，如爱，失去和渴望方面做得非常出色。她的写作很可爱，很生动。”——安妮布里克，银行广场图书
“佩尔蒂埃熟练地组织她庞大的人物阵容，将她们的外部特征和内心活动一片一片的展现，直到他们的行为从陌生变得不得不如此。佩尔蒂埃的粉丝和喜欢古怪小说的读者会很享受这本书。”——《出版商周刊》
"If you liked Olive Kitteridge, you’ll love The One-Way Bridge."—Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls
"Cathie Pelletier is one of my favorite novelists, and she’s at the top of her game with The One-Way Bridge."—Wally Lamb, author of She’s Come Undone
"The One-Way Bridge is the novel Cathie Pelletier fans have long awaited. Her Mattagash, Maine, is one of the most fully realized fictional locales I’ve ever visited, it’s geography as vivid and precise as any actual place, its citizens as real and compelling as our own friends and neighbors."—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls
"In her new book, Cathie Pelletier’s brilliantly drawn, true-to-life characters break your heart and make you laugh at the same time, a rare talent indeed."—Fannie Flagg, author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
"Pelletier’s long-awaited addition to the tragicomic annals of fictional Mattagash, Maine, [The One-Way Bridge is] a welcome return for the author." - Kirkus
"I loved [The One-Way Bridge]...[Pelletier’s] characters, with all of their flaws and synchronicities, are all believable and lovable. I’ve looked forward to a new book by Cathie for some time and she hasn’t disappointed with this one. " - Susan Porter, Maine Coast Book Shop
"Cathie does a wonderful job of capturing [her characters’] moods and loves and losses, and yearnings...Her writing is lovely and so descriptive" - Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books
"Pelletier expertly jumps about her large cast, showing their external peculiarities and revealing their inner lives piece by piece until their actions shift from strange to unavoidable... Pelletier’s fans and readers fond of quirky small town tales will enjoy the ride." - Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： 卡西•佩尔蒂埃出生并成长在圣约翰河的河岸边，在缅因州北部的尽头。她还写了其他9部小说，包括《葬礼制造商》（NYTBR著名小说），《冬季的重量》（新英格兰图书奖得主），《运行公牛》（帕特森小说奖得主）。她以KC麦金农的名字写了两本小说，并且都被拍成了电影。在田纳西州的纳什维尔，加拿大的多伦多和美国伊士曼的魁北克住了多年后，她回到了家乡缅因州的阿拉加什。她现在正在写一部新的小说。
Cathie Pelletier was born and raised on the banks of the St. John River, at the end of the road in Northern Maine. She is the author of 9 other novels, including The Funeral Makers (NYTBR Notable Book), The Weight of Winter (winner of the New England Book Award) and Running the Bulls (winner of the Paterson Prize for Fiction). As K. C. McKinnon, she has written two novels, both of which became television films. After years of living in Nashville, Tennessee Toronto, Canada and Eastman, Quebec, she has returned to Allagash, Maine and the family homestead where she was born. She is at work on a new novel.
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