The Lace Reader

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錯並不在蕾絲，是占卜的人解錯了。

　　那天晚上，我們對蕾絲做出了同樣的解讀，雖然我們的選擇可能會不同，但無論如何，我的姊姊都無法復生了。

　　惠特尼家族的女性都有預知未來的天賦，能從蕾絲的圖案中看見自己與他人的命運。陶娜的雙胞胎姊姊因看見蕾絲中的某個影像而自殺，大受打擊的她從此遠離家鄉，精神恍惚地過著進出學校、醫院、心理醫師診所的生活。此刻，因最疼愛她的奶奶失蹤，將她帶回以女巫歷史聞名的家鄉薩冷鎮。但返家後遭遇的一連串離奇事件，卻迫使她必須面對最不願面對的過去……

　　一個瀰漫著神秘感與小鎮趣味的故事，包藏著令人心痛卻充滿愛與力量的真理。真實與虛構世界的界線在書中如此模糊而迷人，你將心甘情願被它施展的咒語蠱惑……

　　Would knowing the future be a gift or a burden? Or even a curse…?  The Whitney women of Salem, Massachusetts are renowned for reading the future in the patterns of lace. But the future doesn't always bring good news – as Towner Whitney knows all too well. When she was just fifteen her gift sent her whole world crashing to pieces. She predicted – and then witnessed – something so horrific that she vowed never to read lace again, and fled her home and family for good. Salem is a place of ghosts for Towner, and she swore she would never return.  Yet family is a powerful tie and fifteen years later, Towner finds herself back in Salem. Her beloved great-aunt Eva has suddenly disappeared – and when you've lived a life like Eva's, that could mean real trouble. But Salem is wreathed in sickly shadows and whispered half-memories. It's fast becoming clear that the ghosts of Towner's fractured past have not been brought fully into the light. And with them comes the threat of terrifying new disaster.  A literary page-turner with depth, narrative power and a story that novels like ‘The Thirteenth Tale’ can only dream of, ‘The Lace Reader’ is a bewitching and tightly plotted read.

作者簡介

布諾妮雅．貝莉（Brunonia Barry）

　　生長於美國麻塞諸塞州，曾於佛蒙特綠山學院與新罕普夏大學修習文學與創作課程，也曾於紐約大學修習劇本寫作，是波特蘭舞台設計公司的創辦人之一。

　　貝莉熱愛戲劇，第一份工作就是為芝加哥數家劇院擔任活動宣傳人員。之後在曼哈頓短暫工作後移居加州。為一些電影工作室承接各種專案，並持續向好萊塢知名劇作家羅伯特．麥基（Robert McFee）學習劇本寫作，後來成為麥基「劇本開發」小組的成員。

　　貝莉在美國各地從事劇本創作工作多年之後，與丈夫回到麻塞諸塞州，成立一家開發文字、影像與邏輯思考拼圖的創意公司。她和丈夫與愛犬目前就居住於麻塞諸塞州薩冷鎮，《蕾絲占卜師》是她的第一部小說。