The Book of Tomorrow
- 作者:Cecelia Ahern
- 出版社:Harper Collins USA
- 出版日期:2010-05-01
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:0061968315
- ISBN13:9780061968310
- 裝訂:平裝 / 288頁 / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
《PS, 我愛妳》《最後的禮物》作者西西莉雅.艾亨最好看的小說
暢銷全球突破千萬讀者,感動療癒力量引爆讀者推讚,好看極了!
★英美同步攻占暢銷書排行榜,精準掌握女孩對愛的得失,充滿想像力和智慧的暢銷大作!
這是一個關於明天會如何改變今天的故事……
十六歲少女塔瑪拉.古德溫一向要什麼有什麼,從小在備有私人海灘的豪宅長大,是亮麗閃光的任性小公主。她總是活在當下,從來不會想到明天。
然而父親驟然離世,一夕間推倒了塔瑪拉和母親的奢華生活。背負龐大債務,母女不得不變賣一切,搬到鄉下與舅舅及舅媽同住。舅媽的門屋座落荒郊,鄰近往日貴族世家,如今破舊不堪的基爾薩尼莊園。儘管舅媽將房子打理得像極了童話故事的糖果屋,正值玩樂青春的塔瑪拉只覺得寂寞又無聊,加上母親因為悲傷過度而封閉自己,塔瑪拉渴望回到都柏林。
日復一日被鄉村生活折磨得灰頭土臉,城市少女塔瑪拉早已懶得尖叫,唯有母親的哀痛與自己對亡父的思念,未曾改變。某天,一輛巡迴圖書車來到基爾薩尼莊園時,塔瑪拉的目光落在一本神祕的書上,這本沒有書名沒有作者但裝幀華麗的古怪書籍,鎖著金色的掛鎖。在修女幫助下,塔瑪拉終於打開這本書,她大吃一驚,書裡內容竟是本神奇地記載著明天的日記,字字句句,都是塔瑪拉親手的筆跡……
「這裡記載著明天將發生的事,一件件應驗了!」塔瑪拉像意外發現平行時空的祕道一般,打算靠著這本書,得意地Hold住每一個明天……正當她想像關於明天如何改變今天的時候,她沒有預料到,這本書真正的目的,將為她揭示神祕的過去……
Born into the lap of luxury and comfortable in the here and now, spoiled, tempestuous Tamara Goodwin has never had to look to the future—until the abrupt death of her father leaves her and her mother a mountain of debt and forces them to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village.
Tamara is lonely and bored, with a traveling library as her only diversion. There she finds a large leather-bound book with a gold clasp and padlock, but no author name or title. Intrigued, she pries open the lock, and what she finds inside takes her breath away.
Tamara sees entries written in her own handwriting, and dated for the following day. When the next day unfolds exactly as recorded, Tamara realizes she may have found a solution to her problems. But in her quest to find answers, Tamara soon learns that some pages are better left unturned and that, try as she may, she mustn't interfere with fate.
本書中譯版《明日魔法書》由時報出版發行。
作者簡介
西西莉雅.艾亨(Cecelia Ahern)
擁有新聞與媒體研究學位,隨後開始自己的創作生涯。21歲時,她寫下第一本小說:《PS,我愛妳》,此書暢銷40個國家,成為2004年最暢銷的新人小說,同時高踞愛爾蘭和英國《週日泰晤士報》暢銷書榜的第一名,在歐洲和美國也很受歡迎,並且在德國暢銷書榜盤桓達一年以上。西西莉雅並且因為這本書而獲得2004/5英國書獎的最佳新人獎提名。
《PS,我愛妳》也改編成電影,由希拉蕊.史旺主演。
她之後幾本小說,也本本暢銷。作品在46個國家發行,總銷量超過1300萬冊。另外,她也參與美國ABC電視台熱門喜劇《誰是莎曼莎》(Samantha Who?)的製作,獲得艾美獎的肯定。這部喜劇描述經歷重大車禍,完全喪失記憶的女主角如何重新審視自己。
西西莉雅並於2008年獲頒最佳新進作家獎 (Best New Writer at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards)。
Cecelia Ahern’s first novel, P.S. I Love You, became an international bestseller and was adapted into a major motion picture starring Hilary Swank. Her successive novels—Love, Rosie; If You Could See Me Now; There’s No Place Like Here; Thanks for the Memories; and The Book of Tomorrow—were also international bestsellers. The daughter of Ireland’s former prime minister, Ahern lives in Dublin, Ireland.