《不存在的女兒》作者新作
甫推出即打進美國、加拿大及澳洲暢銷書排行榜
一個不能向至愛透露的心底秘密
一段關於家庭、親情、救贖的揪心故事
露西17歲那年，父親意外溺水過世，為了逃避揮之不去的悲傷，她很早即離鄉求學、工作，在世界各地周遊，難得回家。
偶然一次契機下，露西終於踏上返鄉之途。返家後卻發現家鄉改變許多：湖邊濕地被開發商相中，準備不顧環保人士反對，建設為休閒度假中心；媽媽走出當年喪偶之痛，認識了新男友，還打算把老家的房子賣了，展開新生活；弟弟跟前女友復合，甚至準備當爸爸了；初戀男友現在是小有名氣的玻璃藝術家，但已經有個六歲的兒子……
一切改變來得太突然，露西一時之間迷惘不已，有被排拒在外的感覺，她很不安，但所有人都要她不要再抗拒改變，學著接受改變。
在苦悶之際，有天她在家裡整理雜物，卻在舊傢俱中發現幾封神祕信件。這些信件是一位署名玫瑰的女人，寫給自己被迫分離的幼女愛麗絲。露西驚訝的是，家族中從未聽聞過這兩人，玫瑰和愛麗絲彷彿是被刻意抹去一般。
基於好奇，露西決定尋找線索，想挖掘出這段被隱匿的家族歷史。但在尋找的過程中，她發現玫瑰的故事竟然和自己有許多相似之處：雖然心裡擁有勇敢冒險的精神，卻受制環境而對未來充滿了不確定。
露西決定要展開一場追尋之旅，想要挖掘出玫瑰不為人知的故事，找出她曾經痛徹心扉愛過與失落的是什麼，以及她是怎麼看待自己的人生，因為或許，露西也可以從她的故事中獲得新的力量……
這是一個關於兩個女人的故事，儘管相隔百年，但兩人都曾深陷同樣的迷惘與漂泊，有著同樣的愛戀與渴盼，也經歷過同樣的自我放逐。儘管素昧平生，藉由一疊塵封久遠的神秘文件，一場找尋信中人的旅程，兩位女性的生命軌跡逐漸交會，最後揭露的竟是家族隱匿多年的秘密，以及選擇原諒的勇氣。
The highly anticipated new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
With revelations that prove as captivating as the deceptions at the heart of her bestselling phenomenon The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards now gives us the story of a woman’s homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family.
At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father’s unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her family’s rambling lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of objects that first appear to be useless curiosities, but soon reveal a deeper and more complex family past. As Lucy discovers and explores the traces of her lineage00from an heirloom tapestry and dusty political tracts to a web of allusions depicted in stained-glass windows throughout upstate New York-the family story she has always known is shattered, Lucy’s quest for the truth reconfigures her family’s history, links her to a unique slice of the suffragette movement, and yields dramatic insights that embolden her to live freely.
With surprises at every turn, brimming with vibrant detail, The Lake of Dreams is an arresting saga in which every element emerges as a carefully place piece of the puzzle that’s sure to enthrall the millions of readers who loved The Memory Keeper’s Daughter.
本書中譯版《夢之湖》由木馬文化出版。
作者簡介
金．愛德華茲(Kim Edwards)
是美國各大文學獎項的常勝客，2002榮獲懷汀作家獎（Whiting Award），1998年則入選海明威文學獎。她並曾獲得美國Pushcart獎、肯塔基文學獎、英國圖書獎（British Book Award）、芝加哥論壇報舉辦的倪爾森愛格林獎（Nelson Algren Award）、國家雜誌獎（National Magazine Award）、美國NEA（National Endowment for the Arts）寫作補助、賓州與肯塔基州藝術委員會的寫作補助等。
Kim Edwards is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Memory Keeper’s Daughter and a collection of short stories, The Secrets of a Fire King. Her honors include the Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award, as well as the Kentucky Literary Award, a National Magazine Award, and a grant from the NEA. She is Associate Professor of English at the University of Kentucky.
