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Handle with Care

內容簡介

內容簡介 全球暢銷作家，茱迪．皮考特2009年最新作品，甫出版即登上《紐約時報》暢銷排行榜！史蒂芬．金大力推薦：自《姐姐的守護者》後，皮考特最好的作品！ 茱迪．皮考特是一名罕見作家，擅長運用文字，她創造出來的故事情境不僅發人深省，而且觸動我們有所瑕疵的心靈。每本書都成功結合了文學與商業的元素。很少讀者能預見這本書令人震驚的結局。這是典型的皮考特，技巧精湛，發人深省，而且扣人心絃。每一本她的作品皆是一則精彩的故事。素以優雅與智慧聞名的《紐約時報》暢銷作家茱迪．皮考特，透過這部小說訴說一則令人難忘的故事，闡述生命的脆弱以及誓言保護生命的堅毅。《小心輕放》這本感人之作，帶領我們進入這一家人的內心，他們因為難以置信的負擔而緊密相繫，他們急欲維繫這份連結的意志力甚鉅，最後轉化為強大的愛的能量。「凡事皆會破裂。破曉，破浪，破音。承諾會被打破。心會破碎。」每對懷孕父母都會說，他們不要完美的嬰兒，只要孩子健康就好。如果能有選擇的機會，他們也會要求一個健康的嬰兒。夏洛特和尚恩生了一個漂亮的小女孩－－小柳，而她卻像肥皂泡泡一樣易碎，可能一個跌倒、扭轉、或打個噴嚏，骨頭就會斷裂。任何人只要看一眼她手腳彎曲的狀況、她臉上的三角突起，以及她永遠無法長到超過三呎的事實，就知道她將要用一生的時間來忍受這種病症。於是，夏洛特和她的丈夫，他們的生活盡是失眠的夜晚、日漸增加的帳單、其他父母的同情目光，以及一連串「如果」的疑問與想像－－如果他們的孩子出生時是健康的呢？如果夏洛特早一點知道小柳的疾病呢？如果事情可以不一樣呢？如果他們摰愛的小柳從未出生呢？為了替小柳討個公道，夏洛特必須自問這些問題，以及另一個問題：什麼是有價值的生命呢？本中文書介出自《小心輕放》臺灣商務印書館股份有限公司出版When Willow is born with severe osteogenesis imperfecta, her parents are devastated—she will suffer hundreds of broken bones as she grows, a lifetime of pain. In this provocative story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, “Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance” (Stephen King).Every expectant parent insists the same thing: they simply want a healthy baby. Charlotte and Sean O’Keefe wanted the same but instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, pity from other parents, and haunting what-ifs.Yet, in other ways, their daughter Willow is a perfect child. Smart as a whip, beautiful, brave, and kind, Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.Everything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and Sean to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte had known earlier of Willow’s illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more: what constitutes a valuable life?“Well-written and conscientiously researched” (The Washington Post), Handle with Care is an unforgettable and emotionally riveting novel that explores the fragility of life and the lengths we go to protect it."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Jodi Picoult received an AB in creative writing from Princeton and a master's degree in education from Harvard. The recipient of the 2003 New England Book Award for her entire body of work, she is the author of twenty-seven novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, and My Sister's Keeper, for which she received the American Library Association's Margaret Alexander Edwards Award. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. Visit her website at JodiPicoult.com.

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