「啟發人心……極其美麗」——LYDIA KIESLING 「我愛死這本書了」——ANNA HOGELAND 「親密且灼熱」——RAMONA AUSUBEL 在韓國引發女性主義熱潮的《Hello Baby》，是一部描繪母親身份、生育力與女性特質的迷人且親密之作，深受《黃油》（Butter）及《乳與卵》（Breasts and Eggs）讀者喜愛。 在對話視窗之外，她們擁有不同的職業、個性與經濟背景；但在視窗之內，她們都是焦慮等待著孩子的準媽媽。 在一個名為「Hello Baby」的群組裡，六位女性分享著接受試管嬰兒療程的焦慮與荒謬。她們最初相識於首爾一家名為「Baby Angel」的頂級不孕症診所。在群組外，每個人身分各異——記者、警察、獸醫、律師以及兩位家庭主婦——但在群組內，她們彼此交心。她們知道並非每個人都能擁有快樂結局，但在傳遞訊息時，一切似乎皆有可能。因此，當 46 歲的貞孝突然宣布停止治療並失去聯繫時，所有人都受到了衝擊。 一年後的農曆新年，貞孝傳來一則訊息，宣布女兒誕生。當這群驚訝的女性倒數著前往探望她與新生兒的日期時，她們也各自清算著自己的心路歷程。這則消息是否能為她們每個人帶來新的希望？若想揭曉答案，她們必須理解這場驚人的奇蹟究竟是如何發生的。 這部在韓國引發熱潮的作品，由金義京撰寫、金素羅（Sora Kim-Russell）翻譯。在這部諷刺、勇敢且誠實得令人措手不及的小說中，提供了一個對當今女性特質與母親身分的獨特且大膽的探索。 ‘Illuminating … beautifully’ LYDIA KIESLING ‘I loved it’ ANNA HOGELAND ‘Intimate, searing’ RAMONA AUSUBEL A cult feminist hit in South Korea, Hello Baby is a gripping and intimate portrait of motherhood, fertility and womanhood for fans of Butter and Breasts and Eggs. Outside the chat, they had different jobs, personalities, financial backgrounds, but inside, they were all mothers-to-be anxiously awaiting their babies. In a group chat called ‘Hello Baby’, six women share the anxieties and absurdities of undergoing IVF. They first met at Baby Angel Hospital, an elite fertility clinic in Seoul. Outside the chat, each woman is different – a journalist, a police officer, a vet, a lawyer and two housewives – but inside it, they’ve come to confide in one another. They know it is unlikely they will all get their happy ending, but while messaging, anything seems possible. So, when 46-year-old Jeong-hyo suddenly announces she has stopped treatment and goes silent, it rocks them all. One year later, on Lunar New Year, Jeong-hyo sends a message announcing the birth of her daughter. As the stunned women count down to their visit to meet her and the new baby, they each reckon with their own journeys. Might this news hold fresh promise for each of them? To know that they will need to understand just how this unexpected miracle came to pass. A cult feminist hit in South Korea, in this wry, courageous and disarmingly honest novel, Kim Eui-kyung, translated by Sora Kim-Russell, offers a unique and daring exploration of womanhood and motherhood today.

Artie Dam 是一個擁抱著秘密的人。他的日常是在高中教授歷史，啟發年輕的心靈、糾正他們無心的殘酷，並對最需要的人給予溫暖的關懷。他會與結婚三十載的妻子一同參加節日派對，與鄰居閒話家常；週末時，則駕駛帆船出沒在美麗的馬薩諸塞灣。就外表而言，他活得踏實且充滿朝氣。 然而，Artie 的內心卻飽受疏離感的折磨。他看著這個瘋狂的世界——看著自己，也看著周遭的人——腦海中反覆盤旋著一個問題：為什麼我們對彼此的了解竟如此之少？甚至是對那些最親近的人？ 直到有一天，Artie 發現生命也對他隱瞞了一個秘密，一個足以顛覆他整個世界的秘密。得知真相後，他被迫重新規劃人生航向，重新審視他最珍視的關係，並試著與生命核心中那些難解的謎團達成和解。 透過精緻的文筆與深刻的洞察，Elizabeth Strout 捕捉了悲傷如何在數十年間迴盪、深厚友誼帶來的慰藉，以及打破秘密枷鎖後獲得的自由。《The Things We Never Say》是這位當代最卓越的人心觀察家所創作的又一震撼新作。 Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbours, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad—at himself and the people around him—and turns a question over and over in his mind: how is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us? And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear—and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence. With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets. The Things We Never Say is a stunning new novel from one of our most acclaimed observers of the human heart.