你是我最親密的姊妹,卻也是最遙遠的陌生人
國家書卷獎得主,美國當代才女作家喬伊斯.卡洛.奧茲青春雋永之作!
嘿,我會有一陣子見不到你們了。我愛你們,只是有點筋疲力盡。沒什麼大不了。婷可
婷可走了。貴格高地中學的風雲人物,婷可幫最重要的姊妹,結束了自己十七歲的年輕生命。女孩們傷心難過,她們不懂婷可為什麼這麼做?以及,少了婷可,她們該如何度過糟糕的高中生活?
梅莉莎,眾人眼中「完美小姐」,外型姣好、被常春藤名校提前錄取,然而在看似完美的形象背後,她痛失摯友、父母的婚姻瀕臨破裂。無法忍受「不完美」的梅莉莎因此開始自殘,在身上劃出一道道傷口,或許只要她傷害自己,離家的父親就會回頭重新愛她、關心她。
還有覺得自己又笨又胖的納迪雅。因為一次錯誤的約會,納迪雅變成男生之間揶揄、嘲笑的對象,直到她遇見了溫柔風趣的凱斯勒老師。如果這世上,只有凱斯勒老師懂得她的好,那她就得想辦法回報他,就算必須像婷可那樣不計後果……
失去摯友的梅莉莎和納迪雅,必須學著獨自面對人生中的課題,時間倒轉回幾個月前,那時的婷可是否也像她們一樣徬徨無助?如果她們能為婷可做點什麼,一切會不會變得不同?美國當代才女作家喬伊斯.卡格.奧茲以真實細膩的筆觸描寫少女間的友誼,以及她們在成長過程中遭遇的困境,無論是父母離異、同儕霸凌、失去摯友……一路上的跌跌撞撞終將成為滋養生命的養分,因為有那些曾經,才成就了現在和未來的自己,獻給每個走過青春幽谷的人。
本書中譯本>由親子天下出版。
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You is renowned author Joyce Carol Oates's newest novel for teens. Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Wintergirls and Speak, said that "the
painful honesty of this book will crack open your heart."
Senior year, their last year together, Merissa and Nadia need their best friend Tink more than they ever did before. They have secrets they can share with no one but her, toxic secrets that
threaten to unravel their friendship — and themselves. Tink had a secret, too, a big one, but no one knows what it was. And now she's gone. . . .
In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews described Joyce Carol Oates as "a master at portraying the inner lives of teens." In Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You, she's created a powerful
portrayal of a friendship strong enough to transcend death.