The Gift Box

　　以《p.s.我愛你》聞名的年輕女作家西西莉雅．艾亨，在這套《The Gift》套書中收錄三本作品，除了《最後的禮物》，《p.s.我愛你》還有《我一直都在》，外裝也刻意用禮盒的方式設計，是Harper Collins UK繼鞋盒套裝小說之後，又一部以內容與包裝相互呼應的組套小說，是最好的小說禮物。

《最後的禮物》

　　他活在自己建構的自私世界，表面華麗，卻是糟蹋家人的愛而建立，他從不覺得這樣有什麼問題，然而，真正的問題卻在聖誕節前找上了他……

　　在這年冬天，他意外得到一心追求的禮物，藉由它，他發現他可以輕易地同時成為好兒子、好爸爸、好員工，他欣喜不已，渴望能永久保留這份禮物，卻沒發現，他的生活開始脫離常軌，而給他這禮物的流浪漢現在看起來好像他，在終於知道自己真正想要的是什麼之時，他，還來得及修正錯誤嗎……

　If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be?  Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two places to be at the same time. He always had two things to do at once. When asleep he dreamed. In between dreams, he ran through the events of the day while making plans for the next. When at home with his wife and family, his mind was always someplace else. 

　　On his way into work one early winter morning, Lou meets Gabe, a homeless man sitting outside the office building. Intrigued by him and on discovering that he could also be very useful to have around, Lou gets Gabe a job in the post room.   But soon Lou begins to regret helping Gabe. His very presence unsettles Lou and how does Gabe appear to be in two places at the same time? 

　　As Christmas draws closer, Lou starts to understand the value of time. He sees what is truly important in life yet at the same time he learns the harshest lesson of all.   This is a story about people who not unlike parcels, hide secrets.They cover themselves in layers until the right person unwraps them and discovers what’s inside. Sometimes you have to be unravelled in order to find out who you really are. For Lou Suffern, that took time.

《p.s.我愛你》

　　荷莉和傑瑞是青梅竹馬的一對，默契十足，一個人話還沒說完，另一個人就可以接下去，即使吵架，也會相視而笑。很難想像他們如果沒有彼此，要怎麼過生活。然而傑瑞卻突然因病去世，留下荷莉獨自面對茫然不知如何繼續的人生。

　　荷莉三十歲生日前夕，突然收到傑瑞生前留給她的十封信，而且每封信信末都附註：「PS, 我愛妳」。每個月都有一封信幫助荷莉去過生活──從克服恐懼上台唱歌到買盞小燈，最後荷莉出發遠行，藉此忘情療傷，也找到讓這份愛繼續的方式。

　　A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a stunning new talent. Everyone needs a guardian angel...Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other’s sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry’s death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He’s left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed ’PS, I Love You’. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows her better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing -- and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realizes -- but it always helps if there’s an angel watching over you.

《我一直都在》

　　蘿西和艾力克斯一直是彼此最好的朋友，他們一起蹺課、一起惡作劇、一起幫對方慶生，她懂他帶笑的眼神傳達了什麼訊息，他也知道她微揚的嘴角透露了什麼祕密，他們分分秒秒都膩在一起，雖然不是男女朋友，眼中卻只有彼此，而且他們很清楚，沒有人能取代對方在自己心中的地位。

　　十八歲那年，艾力克斯全家從愛爾蘭搬到了美國，兩人被迫分開，只能靠信件跟電子郵件來聯絡，失去了最好朋友的陪伴，蘿西的生活頓失所依，就在她終於有機會到美國念書，再度和好友重聚時，卻發生了足以改變她一生的事……

　　From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they’re discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they’re separated. Alex’s family moves from Dublin to America – and Alex goes with them. For good.

　　Rosie’s lost without her best friend. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever–and keep her at home in Ireland.

　　Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other’s lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles–as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie’s mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each others’ arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything – including their friendship – for true love?

　　Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn’t quite done with them yet…

作者簡介

西西莉雅．艾亨（Cecelia Ahern）

　　在展開寫作生涯前，就已取得新聞與大眾傳播學位。她二十一歲時出版第一本小說《PS, 我愛你》，迅速登上國際暢銷書排行榜，同時此書也改編成電影，由希拉蕊．史旺擔綱演出。之後又寫了《最後的禮物》、《我一直都在》、《If You Could See Me Now》、《A Place Called Here》、《Thanks for the Memories》、以及《The Book of Tomorrow》，同樣也都非常暢銷。她的書已在四十八個國家發行，售出超過一千兩百萬冊。目前她住在都柏林。

　　Before embarking on her writing career, Cecelia completed a degree in journalism and media studies. She is also the author of the number 1 bestselling novel, PS, I Love You. Cecelia lives in County Dublin.