THE GROWN UPS
Book ID/图书代码： 03277014B71685
English Summary/英文概要： Sam Turner’s fifteenth summer is a revelation. He receives the flirtatious attention of the girl next door, Suzie Epstein, and his mother abandons their family without explanation. His older brother Michael (a serious, studious freshman in college with big plans for his life) and their father (an attorney) seem to accept her absence with no questions asked. Sam, however, feels adrift, and struggles to understand how a person you thought would always be there can be suddenly and inexplicably gone.
Over the years, the bonds that formed in childhood between Sam and his tight knit group of friends prove to be remarkably resilient as they stumble into adulthood. In alternating voices, THE GROWN UPS explores the deep connection that forms between friends as they navigate parents, siblings, lovers, and each other.
Full of love, loss and laughter, THE GROWN UPS is a story about the circumstances and people that influence, change and push you to discover not only the truth about each other, but who it is that you really want to be when you grow up.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 入夏他就十五岁了，Sam享受着几个月以来的秘密，没有料到Suzie Epstein 的注意。Sam 并不了解这其中真实的原因，他和Suzie保持着他们相互之间隐秘的亲密朋友关系。但随着夏季的结束，Sam的世界再次意想不到的破碎了：Suzie的父母为了挽救婚姻而打算搬到新的城市，而他的母亲突然间离家出走，留下Sam的父亲和两个还要抚养的儿子。
眼瞅着她父母的婚姻问题逐渐升级，Suzie承担起了抚养两个小兄弟的责任，计划着自己早些独立入大学，远离这个破碎之家。虽然她为Sam着想，深念着自己的密友Bella，但没有再试着与对方联系，因为她会这个被Suzie称作家的却已经不完整的地方而感到羞愧。多年后，一次与Sam的打个的偶遇，让她和Bella重逢，迫使她不得不面对过去的朋友和自己的曾经的一切。
失去Suzie后，Bella在Sam那里找到了自己的第一次真爱。但Sam无法对她和他俩的未来作出任何承诺，这最终导致了二人的分手。相反地，Bella的好友Suzie，和Sam的大哥，Michael，却最终走到了一起，只留下Bella一人在那里彷徨。
横跨数十年光景，用交替的声音在述说着一个故事，《成长》探讨了朋友和家人之间相互之间微妙而又无法回避的关系。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 在转行从事写作之前，Robin Antalek曾做过公关和在酒吧打工，从服务员到管理一家现代舞蹈公司，Robin最终选择了写作这一行。她在奥尔巴尼市纽约州立大学的纽约州作家学院研读写作，并发表了几部文学期刊：期间曾两度入围Climmer Train的家庭琐事竞赛单元，和托拜厄斯沃尔夫短篇小说奖。你还可以在‘精神崩溃’网站上看到Robin每月发表的杂文。Robin Antalek is the author of THE SUMMER WE FELL APART (HarperCollins, 2010) which was chosen as a ‘Target Breakout Book’. Her non-fiction work has been published at The Weeklings, The Nervous Breakdown and collected in THE BEAUTIFUL ANTHOLOGY, WRITING OFF SCRIPT: Writers on the Influence of Cinema, THE WEEKLINGS: Revolution #1 Selected Essays 2012-1013. Her short fiction has appeared in 52 Stories, Five Chapters, Sun Dog, The Southeast Review and Literary Mama among others. http://www.robinantalek.com/
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