KEEP WALKING RHONA BEECH (OLD TITLE: HEAD FOR THE EDGE, KEEP WALKING)

Book ID/图书代码： 04560013B64769

English Summary/英文概要： A smart, sophisticated and absolutely hilarious story of 21st century life - the thinking woman’s Bridget Jones’ Diary.

Jill Beech’s nine-year relationship is over. She swaps one so-so job for another. She gets tipsy with off-beat friends. She internet dates. Feeling stuck, life is suddenly flipped on its head by some shocking news – she has cervical cancer.

A simple operation becomes a two-week hospital stay with Jill refusing to speak, such is the depth of her shock. But how can Jill recover her life? A kitten called Cyril? A handsome man by the name of Roy? Nights out with weird and wonderful friends? But Jill wonders - is she really better? What if Roy wants kids and she can’t have them? And how can she truly be happy?

She may have a happy-ever-after, she may not; but Jill has a lesson to teach us – once you master the art of falling, rolling with life’s punches becomes so much easier.

Heart-warming, inspiring and fiercely funny, this is an uplifting story of a woman overcoming odds and telling us the world as she sees it in quick-witted and sparkling prose.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是21世纪一段充满智慧，复杂而又爆笑的故事，这是理性女人的《BJ单身日记》。

Jill Beech一段9年的感情终结了。她从一个一般的工作换到另外一个，与一群不太靠谱的朋友夜夜买醉，从网上结识男人。她觉得自己的生活仿佛停滞不前了，就在此时Jill被查出患了子宫癌，这个消息对她来说像晴天霹雳。

Jill做了个简单的手术切除子宫，两个星期的住院生活使她更沉默寡言，不愿开口说话。Jill该如何才能恢复往日的生活呢？一只叫Cyril的小猫？一位名叫Roy的帅气男子？还是终日与一群怪异却奇妙的朋友外出？Jill感到疑惑，她真的有变好一些吗？如果Roy想要孩子但自己却无法生育了，这该怎么办？这样她真的会快乐吗?

Jill的经历告诉我们，当你学会面对打击，生活就不能将你打倒。

这部女人励志小说温暖人心，笑料十足。如果我们笑着面对生活，生活也会回应我们快乐。（XAT）

Awards/获奖情况：A brilliant observation on relationships and friendships, this funny, poignant book by Kate Tough follows Rhona, whose life hasn’t turned out how she’d hoped. Having spent years moving from one so-so job to another, her relationship has just ended and she receives unwelcome news. Along with tears and anger, there’s laughter and hope (Hello magazine)

This beautifully written, gritty and funny satire female friendships, sadness and illness should appeal to fans of TV series Fleabag...its taut and unflinchingly candid narrative holds the reader’s attention...Pack it for your next holiday (The Lady magazine)

One of my favourite novels of recent years. Incredibly insightful, funny and poignant (Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers and The Growing Season)

Rhona Beech- sharp-eyed, laconic-tongued, tender-hearted - is your eccentric new best friend. She makes a terrific debut in this witty, chatty, lyrical novel (Kevin MacNeil)

What a wonderful book this is. A wry, sardonic slice of life novel about female friendship and the hard choices we all face when our plans for the future don’t quite work out like the fairy tale we planned. Stuffed with wit, joy and laugh-out-loud set pieces, it embraces life in all its awkward glory, unafraid to expose the vulnerable, chaotic side of being human, alongside the funny and the warm. I turned the last page and thought, I love Rhona Beech. She made me laugh and she made me cry. She can be my best friend any day (Mary Paulson-Ellis, author of The Other Mrs Walker)

Kate Tough’s dry wit and keen observations make this eye-catching debut about a defining moment in the life of thirty-something Rhona Beech both laugh-out-loud funny as well as poignant (Lesley Macdowell)

A warm and ferociously witty story of the s*** life throws at us and how we survive it. Truth rings from every page of this assured and engrossing debut (Zoe Strachan)

Tough is a unique writer and not easily pigeonholed. Her work has a distinct, curious tone which elevates the stuff of everyday life (love, relationships, sex) and makes it very interesting (Laura Waddell, writer, reviewer & publisher)

About the Author/作者介绍： Kate Tough的处女作《面对死角，继续前进》入围CPP女性小说奖。她是格拉斯哥大学的创意写作文学硕士。Kate的短篇小说和诗作都经常会刊登在诗集和展览中。她是创意英国作家的活跃成员，她当初因广受好评的国家级作品《26件珍宝》当选。她目前教授创意写作课程，并且是2009年威洛敦图书节的特聘作家。

Kate Tough’s debut novel Head To The Edge, Keep Walking was short-listed for the CPP Women’s Fiction Prize. She gained a Masters in Creative Writing from Glasgow and her short fiction and poetry appear in anthologies and exhibitions regularly. An active member of innovative UK writers’ collective 26, Kate was selected for its acclaimed, national project 26 Treasures. She tutors and lectures widely in creative writing (with workshops featured in TES) and was Writer-in-residence at the Wigtown Book Festival in 2009.

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