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基本信息·出版社：Arrow
·页码：464 页
·出版日期：2008年01月
·ISBN：0099509156
·International Standard Book Number：0099509156
·条形码：9780099509158
·EAN：9780099509158
·装帧：简装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Cassie is skinny, clever, charismatic, successful — every right-thinking girl’s worst nightmare. The one flaw in her quality-controlled life may be her marriage, and if there are any other flaws lurking, Cassie has them covered. Her sister Lizbet is plumper, plainer, dreamier — more concerned about the design on her coffee cup than whether she can afford her new house. She works reluctantly for Ladzmag, desperate to make her name as a writer, but stuck writing embarrassing articles on sex. Her one achievement is her relationship with Tim who thinks she’s cute, not stupid, for asking why Jesus has a Mexican name.
Despite Cassie being the favoured child, she and Lizbet have managed to stay friends. But that’s about to change. Confronted by challenges they never asked for, forced apart by mistakes not their own, will they ever understand the real meaning of sisterhood, or will true nature ruin everything…?
From the Trade Paperback edition. 作者简介 Anna Maxted works as a freelance journalist and is the author of four international bestsellers:
Getting Over It;
Running in Heels;
Behaving Like Adults and
Being Committed.
From the Trade Paperback edition. 编辑推荐 “Warm, poignant and very funny.”
–Marian Keyes
“Hugely funny. Maxted writes beautifully.”
–
Daily ExpressFrom the Trade Paperback edition. 文摘 Lizbet
Chapter 1
When my sister left her jungle villa after two weeks at the Datai, on the tropical island of Langkawi, she wrote a little note for the manager.
Dear Sir,
Nearly everything was perfect. However, I think one of the monkeys has a cough.
Sincerely,
Ms Cassandra Montgomery
When she returned home a fortnight later -- she and George having gone on to stay at the Regent, in Chiang Mai -- a thick cream envelope was waiting on the mat. Cassie tore it open.
Dear Ms Montgomery,
I am delighted that you and your husband enjoyed your stay. Thank you for pointing out that one of the monkeys has a cough. We have informed our vet.
Sincerely . . .
When Tim and I left our bed and breakfast accommodation on the Isle of Wight, I wrote a little note to the owners.
Dear Martyn and Tanya,
Sorry to leave early without saying goodbye. I hope the Garlic Festival was fun. It's just that the rain and the viral gastro-enteritis have reduced our previously great wealth of activities to watching daytime television and hanging over your khakigreen (or should I say khazi-green? Probably not!) toilet bowl. Also, Tomas's cold is getting worse -- he claims that the 'horrid smell' -- the pleasant Forest Blast air freshener! -- makes his head hurt. And, it's quite hard to cater for an irate two-year-old's extraordinary dietary demands when you don't have a kitchen.
Best,
Elizabeth M
I never got a reply, which made me feel less guilty when Tim confessed that
his parting message had been to piss against their wall.
The holiday might have been less of a strain were we not looking after our godson while his parents were in Japan for a funeral. We weren't bad, as godparents go, so I thought. Most people are pleased at the honour, counting it as evidence of what fine human beings they are. Their conceit wanes as fast as it takes for the child to open its mouth and say 'WAAAH'. Then they realise.
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