THE EXTRA ORDINARY LIFE OF FRANK DERRICK, AGE 81
Book ID/图书代码： 05380013B66211
English Summary/英文概要： Frank Derrick’s story is moving, familiar and uplifting. It is a small and perfect look at a life neither remarkable nor disastrous, but completely extraordinary nonetheless. For fans of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry this is a quirky, life affirming story that has enormous appeal. And it’s guaranteed to make you laugh.
Frank Derrick is eighty-one. And he’s just been run over by a milk float.
It was tough enough to fill the hours of the day when he was active. But now he’s broken his arm and fractured his foot, it looks set to be a very long few weeks ahead. Frank lives with his cat Bill (which made more sense before Ben died) in the typically British town of Fullwind-on-Sea. He watches DVDs, spends his money frivolously at the local charity shop and desperately tries to avoid the cold callers continuously knocking on his door.
Then a breath of fresh air comes into his life in the form of Kelly Christmas, home help. With her little blue car and appalling parking, her cheerful resilience and ability to laugh at his jokes, Kelly changes Frank’s life. She reminds him that there is a big wide-world beyond the four walls of his flat and that adventures, however small, come to people of all ages.
Harding said: ‘You’ll finish this book feeling like you have been to Frank’s flat, sat down in his cluttered living room and had a cup of tea and biscuit well past its sell-by date. Despite his age, Frank’s character leaps off the page and makes you laugh. And he makes you laugh because everyone knows someone a little bit like Frank.’
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 耄耋之年的弗兰克•德里克刚被一辆送奶车碾过。
曾经活份的弗兰克苦于如何消磨一天。但现在他的胳膊断了，腿也骨折了，看来未来的几周对他来说，将是一段非常难熬的时光。弗兰克和自己的爱猫比尔相依为伴（那是在本死后让他顿感失落之后……），定居于英国特色沿海小镇。如今他只能整日看着DVD影碟，在当地的慈善店肆意地挥霍自己的钱，只为了躲避那些猝不及防的陌生推销电话。
女佣凯丽•克里斯的到来，给他的生活带来了一股清新之风。映入眼帘的是，这位女士那辆蓝色的小车，和她那骇人的停车技术，她生性的乐观和给弗兰克带来了欢笑，凯丽改变了弗兰克一沉不变的生活。她让弗兰克意识到在自己四方的小小公寓外，还有另外一片天地。
弗兰克和凯丽的故事是一部充满着淡淡的忧伤和诙谐，动容的，熟悉而又令人振奋的黄昏之歌。这是一部向我们预示着如何去用一颗平常心来看待人生的小人物故事，没有大气恢弘，也没有荡气回肠的煽情，但却充满着非凡的人生的大智若愚。对于喜爱乔伊斯•蕾秋《一个人的朝圣》的粉丝们来说，这是对人生沧海一粟的另一种探索。而这个故事也定会让你会心而笑。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： J.B. Morrison有一对年轻的父母Frank 和 Jenny，J.B既是一位作家，也是两本小说的作者。他的传记小说《晚安，吉姆•鲍勃》正是记录了他作为朋克流行乐队十年歌手生涯的记事。也是自那时起，人们叫他吉姆•鲍勃。Morrison曾创作过40首单曲及一张专辑，其中14首都登过榜首。他在世界各地巡演，和滚石乐队的合作，让他成为英国格拉斯顿伯里音乐节的亮点。Morrison在制作了大量的个人专辑同时，还撰写电影剧本。除此之外，他还是2010年爱丁堡边缘音乐节上出演过音乐舞台剧。Born in London ages ago to his two parents, Frank and Jenny, J.B. Morrison is a musician and already the author of two novels - Storage Stories and Driving Jarvis Ham. Goodnight Jim Bob is an autobiographical account of his ten years as singer with punk-pop band Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. With Carter USM J. B. Morrison had 14 top 40 singles and a number one album. He played all over the world, headlined Glastonbury and was sued by The Rolling Stones. He’s also made a ton of solo albums and written the screenplay for a film. Plus he was in a musical, in 2010 at the Edinburgh Fringe. Is there no end to his talents? Yes. Everything not mentioned here. Don’t ask him to put up a shelf or cook you dinner. The shelf will fall off the wall and you won’t like the food.
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