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基本信息·出版社：Forge Books
·页码：254 页
·出版日期：2007年06月
·ISBN：0765313774
·International Standard Book Number：0765313774
·条形码：9780765313775
·EAN：9780765313775
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Lauren Peterson has a brand new life, but no idea what to do with it.
After calling off her engagement, she’s single for the first time in years and ready to take on the world. Instead, she discovers that starting over isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
When a spinster aunt she barely remembers bequeaths her a house in Portland, Oregon, Lauren intends to fix it up and flip it for a tidy profit. However, her big mouth (which is always a step ahead of her brain) has other ideas, and before she knows it, she’s moving in.
As Lauren takes on the task of making the house into home, she discovers plenty of surprises and colorful neighbors to shake things up. From faulty wiring and a new sinkhole in the living room, to the salty curmudgeon next door, Lauren’s new life is heading in unexpected directions. Her friends and family think she’s making a grave mistake, but for the first time ever, it might not be Lauren’s mouth, but her heart that will finally come out ahead.
作者简介 Wendy French is the author of the acclaimed novels
sMothering, Going Coastal, and
After the Rice. Raised in Vancouver, Canada, she now lives in Portland, Oregon.
媒体推荐 “What makes
After the Rice both entertaining and thought-provoking is French’s great comic ear for dialogue, her snappy prose, and her knack for turning a comedy of errors into something really poignant.”--
Seattle Times “The humor of family life is well balanced with the pain that always accompanies it. Megan’s problem is believable, and the heavy issues addressed with wit and sharp, true observations.”--
Romantic Times BookReviews on
After the Rice “French manages to make bizarre situations seem plausible, and her strong suit lies in the characters. Although Jody is discouraged, she remains sympathetic, and readers will be delighted when she turns her life around.”--
Booklist on
Going Coastal 专业书评 From Publishers WeeklyWounding with words is the talent of this lopsided novel's heroine, so skilled at repelling her friends that she nicknames herself the Alienator. Unfortunately, the Alienator's powers work just as well on readers, who are likely to find her such unpleasant company that they won't stick around for the book's more satisfying second half. At 26, Lauren Peterson uses a breakup with her fiancé as an excuse for an extended jag of self-pity about her single status, stultifying job and advancing age. She also feels abandoned by her parents, who've retired to Florida, leaving her to fend for herself in Portland, Ore. When Lauren's never-married great aunt dies and wills her a Craftsman house, Laura must figure out how to use it without reprising her aunt's chronically solo existence. While bitter and depressed fictional people are no fun to be around unless their gloom is accompanied by an acid wit, Lauren's is not (Geez, it seems you're as short on patience as you are on hair, she snipes at her balding older brother). French (
Going Coastal) eventually locates the warmth in her heroine and creates an agreeable fantasy about 20-somethings trying to find a meaningful adulthood.
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From BooklistLauren Peterson is in an epic slump. Still reeling from a painful breakup, she loses her best friend, thanks to a tactless blunder. And her big mouth keeps causing her problems at work and with her family. When she unexpectedly inherits a house from an estranged great-aunt, it may be just the jolt she needs to turn around her life. Along with her new home come her aunt's bossy pal, a precocious young neighbor, and a handsome local artist who each play a pivotal role in Lauren's fresh beginning. French shines at writing chick-lit with characters that face bigger problems than a bad shopping habit or a few extra pounds. Her fourth effort follows the lead of her previous novels, combining real issues with healthy doses of humor. Readers who appreciate French's realistic portrayals of young women finding their way won't be disappointed with her latest. Kostovski, Aleksandra
文摘 One I have a big mouth. This doesn’t mean that my face should grace the pages of Guinness, eyes bulging wildly as I strain to stretch my lips around thirty-one asparagus spears or the splintered end of a two-by-four. It doesn’t mean I have thick, juicy lips, or a wide grin, packed with an enamel army of pristine white teeth. My big mouth isn’t a physical characteristic, it’s a character flaw. It’s my very own San Andreas fault, geographically positioned an equal distance from both my pointy chin and pointier nose. It may not tremble, and it may not crack, but it is always on the brink of doing major damage to myself and the people around me. I’ve cursed it and been cursed for it since day one, but that’s never stopped me from saying things without thinking, and throughout my twenty-six years, my tendency to blurt has continually landed me on the wrong side of a spanking, a cold shoulder, and everything in between. “You forgot,” Rachel groaned. I’d just returned to our shared desk after running a lunch hour gauntlet that included U.S. Bank, Walgreens, Hollywood Video, and a high-speed pursuit of sustenance at a McDonald’s drive-through. “I can’t believe you forgot,” she said, then flipped her thick blonde braid over her shoulder, trained her striking blue eyes on me, and begged, “Please tell me you didn’t forget.” “The coffee?” I asked, dropping my knapsack beneath the desk and slipping out of my navy peacoat. “No,” I assured her, “I didn’t forget.” “Thank god,” she grinned, exposing the slightly overlapping toot
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