THE WOMAN WHO RAN (FORMERLY ENTITLED WILDFELL)
Book ID/图书代码: 03540014B73439
English Summary/英文概要: Wildfell Hall is a crumbling pile on the edge of a small village in Yorkshire. The villagers are amazed that anyone would want to live there, and when the enigmatic Helen Graham takes up residence they are eager to ferret out her secret. Local journalist Gil Markham becomes obsessed with uncovering her story, but the truth is more dangerous than he could ever have imagined...
A dark and tense story about an abusive marriage and the lengths to which one woman must go in order to escape her tormentor.
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 怀尔德菲尔是约克郡一座小镇郊区一处即将崩塌的废墟建筑。镇民们一直都十分惊奇竟然会有人愿意住在那样的房子里,因此当谜一样的海伦•格拉汉姆真的搬进了那所宅子时,人们都争先恐后的想要窥探她背后的秘密。当地的一名记者吉尔•马克汉姆对于探究她的故事格外的痴迷,然而事实的真相却远比他所能够想象的要更加危险。。。。。。
这是一个黑暗而紧张的故事,有关于婚姻,有关于一名女性想要逃离她的折磨者究竟需要走多远。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况:What do you do when you think you might have killed someone –but you can’t remember why?
a great quote from Claire Mackintosh, author of the bestselling I Let You Go for Sam Baker’s new novel, which will be published by HarperCollins in February:
’Superbly executed, with a creeping sense of dread that builds to an explosive finish.’
It’s also been getting some great review coverage including the following:
‘Disquieting, thought-provoking …keeps twisting and turning as it hurtles towards a hair-raising climax’ Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/29/the-woman-who-ran-by-sam-baker-review-the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall
‘Brilliant and brutal take on Anne Bronte’s final novel’ Independent on Sunday
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/sam-bakers-inspiration-for-new-thriller-the-woman-who-ran-from-radical-anne-bront-a6841586.html
About the Author/作者介绍: 萨姆•贝克在伯明翰大学学习了政治学后,便开始了自己作为一名作家和编辑的工作生涯,其主要服务对象为英国各类女性杂志,其中包括《新女性》《谈话》《休息》等。在从事了五年的编辑生涯后,她离开并创作了自己的第一部小说作品《时尚受害者》。现阶段其主要在《红》担任主编,并长期从事年轻女性问题的播音工作。在过去五年中,她每年都会两次参加“旋转木马”---一场季度时尚服饰秀,她承认自己至今没有学会时尚。
萨姆主要与伴侣生活在温彻斯特、汉普郡和伦敦等地,其伴侣为获奖小说家乔•考特内•格林伍德。
After studying politics at Birmingham University, Sam Baker went on to work as a writer and editor for numerous British women’s magazines, including New Woman, Chat, and Take a Break. After editing Company for five years she left and wrote her first novel, Fashion Victim. Now editor in chief of Red, Sam is a regular broadcaster on young women’s issues. After spending the past five years on the biannual merry-go-round that is the seasonal ready-to-wear shows, she confesses she still hasn’t learned how to kick that "fashion feeling."
Sam lives between Winchester, Hampshire and central London with her partner, the award-winning novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood.
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