CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS
Book ID/图书代码： 07468514B68684
English Summary/英文概要： During 1911’s sizzling summer of unrest, England is a tinder box as strikes and riots erupt countrywide. Nellie Clark, one of the ‘custard tarts’, working in Pearce Duff’s custard factory alongside the Thames in East London, is soon caught up in the Bermondsey Women’s Factory strikes, though she is as much drawn to the Trade Union firebrand Ted Bosher as she is to the justice of their cause. When Nellie is thrown out of the house by her widowed father she finds herself faced with choices – to return, humbled, to the family who depend on her or allow herself to be pulled into Ted’s world even more …
Set in the classic East End saga territory of Bermondsey during the years of social unrest leading up to the outbreak of World War I and beyond into the War itself, CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS is an outstandingly moving first novel, full of tenderness, drama and compelling social history.
The eBook edition of CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS is a Kindle Top Ten Bestseller, was in the Kindle paid top 100 for three months, held the No. 1 spot in Sagas on the Amazon Kindle bestseller list for over two months and has notched up nearly 300 reviews since publication.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1911年的夏天热浪阵阵，不安与焦躁咝咝作响，英格兰仿若是一个一触即燃的火盒，全国范围内的罢工与暴乱随处可见。内莉•克拉克是“蛋挞”的一员，工作于皮尔斯•达夫的蛋挞工厂，很快也成为了伯蒙奇女性工厂罢工运动中的一员，尽管她深受这场工会运动的煽动者泰德•波什的吸引，正如她深受这项事业背后的正义性的感染一样。当内莉被鳏夫父亲赶出家门，她发现自己面临着艰难的选择---要么谦卑地回到那个依赖着她的家中，要么便是让自己更加深入的进入泰德所处的世界。。。。。。
本书故事发生在伯蒙奇经典的东区土地之上，发生在那段社会动荡不安的年岁里，同时也正是这份社会动荡最终引发了第一次世界大战的爆发，《蛋挞与破碎之心》是一部极其动人的首部小说之作，充满了柔情与戏剧化的场面，与此同时亦不乏引人入胜的社会历史。
《蛋挞与破碎之心》的电子版是kindle上排名前十的畅销书佳作，并曾荣登kindle贩售排行榜100名长达三个月之久，曾荣登亚马逊kindle三部曲书籍系列畅销书排行榜榜首长达两月，自出版之日起，已获得将近300篇书评。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况：《蛋挞与破碎之心》相关好评：
“玛丽•吉布森将前途不可限量。。。。。。本书是一本极好的读物。”迪•威廉姆斯
“精彩的故事，其间充满着温暖与历史史实”Bella杂志
“精彩绝伦，令人爱不释手的书籍作品”瓦妮莎•菲尔兹
“书中有些部分总是不由自主的攫住我的心弦，而另一些则令我不由自主地想要为之欢欣，为之跳跃。。。。。。真正的成功之作。”Novelicious
Praise for CUSTARD TARTS AND BROKEN HEARTS:
"Mary Gibson is going to go a long way ... a really good read" Dee Williams
"A cracking tale full of warmth and history" Bella magazine
"A fabulous, fascinating read" Vanessa Feltz.
"There were parts that tugged unrelentingly at my heartstrings and parts that left me wanting to jump for joy ... A real triumph" Novelicious
The novel continues to be a sensation on Amazon and has notched up 373 reviews to date.
Head of Zeus have not only sold their paperback edition to Sainsbury’s, but now Tesco have come in a month after publication to say that they would like to take it in July 5in 81 of their stores. That’s about as good as it gets for a debut fiction author, with two supermarkets on board and going out to so many stores.
About the Author/作者介绍： 玛丽•吉布森曾在出版行业工作30余年，其中包括长达十年作为 Chatto & Windus的生产经理。作者在伯蒙奇出生并长大，同时伯蒙奇也是其第一部小说故事发生的背景。作者现居肯特。
Mary Gibson worked in publishing for thirty years, including over a decade as production manager at Chatto & Windus. She was born and brought up in Bermondsey, the setting for her first novel. She lives in Kent.
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