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The Boy with a Bird in His Chest

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內容簡介 歐文‧譚納沒看過有人跟他一樣，胸前有一隻成天吱吱叫的小鳥，連醫學中心看到都嚇到束手無策。但當蓋兒(小鳥)探出頭的那天開始，歐文的媽媽為保護他，選擇母子倆永遠與世俗社會隔離，直到十餘年過去，歐文再也受不了無止境的孤獨，他決定展開一趟旅程，去探索這個可能將他當作怪物的世界。他來到華盛頓尋找他的親戚，同時小心翼翼不要讓這個「祕密」太快被發現，歐文有生以來第一次感到何謂家人與友情，甚至是戀愛...Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel PrizeA “poignantly rendered and illuminating” (The Washington Post) coming-of-age story about “the ways in which family, grief, love, queerness, and vulnerability all intersect” (Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author). Perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Thirty Names of Night.Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums would call him a Terror. From the moment Gail emerged between Owen’s ribs, his mother knew that she had to hide him away from the world. After a decade spent in isolation, Owen takes a brazen trip outdoors and his life is upended forever.Suddenly, he is forced to flee the home that had once felt so confining and hide in plain sight with his uncle and cousin in Washington. There, he feels the joy of finding a family among friends; of sharing the bird in his chest and being embraced fully; of falling in love and feeling the devastating heartbreak of rejection before finding a spark of happiness in the most unexpected place; of living his truth regardless of how hard the thieves of joy may try to tear him down. But the threat of the Army of Acronyms is a constant, looming presence, making Owen wonder if he’ll ever find a way out of the cycle of fear.“An honest celebration of life and everything we need right now in a book” (Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author), The Boy with a Bird in His Chest grapples with the fear, depression, and feelings of isolation that come with believing that we will never be loved for who we truly are and learning to live fully and openly regardless."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Emme LundEmme Lund is an author living and writing in Portland, Oregon. She has an MFA from Mills College. Her work has appeared in Electric Literature, Time, The Rumpus, Autostraddle, and many more. In 2019, she was awarded an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship in Fiction. The Boy with a Bird in His Chest is her first novel. Visit EmmeLund.net for more information.

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最佳賣點 : 當你生來胸口就有一隻小鳥，是否還能夠擁有幸福的人生？