The Good Luck of Right Now

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　　Bartholomew Neil跟母親住了38年。
　　母親無微不至的照顧他的日常生活，Neil就像雛鳥般安逸自在。
　　直到母親漸漸衰老，甚至常搞錯兒子的名字。
　　他只記得，當母親病到神智不清之時，會以羞赦的眼光喊他「李察•吉爾」‧‧‧

　　當死神帶走了母親，Neil的生活從此無依無靠，他只好求助於哀傷輔導師，但她給的唯一建議是：找到同伴、離家獨立。

　　但這38年來都是由母親照料、每周六定期望彌撒、老是待在圖書館的男人，又該如何學會展翅高飛？

　　徬徨無助的Neil無意間在母親的內衣櫃裡發現一封主旨為聲援西藏運動的信，寄件者竟是大名鼎鼎的李察•吉爾？這讓他想起母親過世前的種種，他深信「李察•吉爾」一定可以幫助他，於是他鼓起勇氣，寄出了第一封信‧‧‧

　　Neil萬萬沒想到，這場療傷之旅，將會永遠改變他的人生。（文／博客來編譯）

　　From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, comesThe Good Luck of Right Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere—an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love.

　　For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday mass, and the library learn how to fly?

　　Bartholomew thinks he’s found a clue when he discovers a “Free Tibet” letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother’s underwear drawer. In her final days, mom called him Richard—there must be a cosmic connection. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate letters. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of women are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. But mostly the letters reveal one man’s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own.

　　A struggling priest, a “Girlbrarian,” her feline-loving, foul-mouthed brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help Bartholomew. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the cat Parliament and find his biological father . . . and discover so much more.

作者簡介

　　Matthew Quick is the author of The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Academy Award-winning film, and the young adult novels Sorta Like A Rock Star, Boy 21 and Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, among other accolades. He is married to the novelist and pianist Alicia Bessette.