Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead

Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead

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2026/04/13
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「我沒想到棺材會這麼小……」一位哀悼初生嬰兒死亡的母親,生涯驟變,在進入殯儀館工作後,最終領悟:紀念逝者最好的方式,就是好好活著。作者Mai Nguyen以毫不保留的真實筆觸書寫失去孩子的痛苦,在悲情與黑色幽默之間巧妙平衡,溫柔述說著悲傷如何將人轉化為懂得生命珍貴、美麗且不可思議的人。

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★《Kirkus》、《Book List》星級好評!

Cleo Dang 一生唯一的願望就是成為母親。當她發現自己懷孕的那一天,是她生命中最幸福的時刻;更讓她驚喜的是,她最好的朋友 Paloma 也同時懷孕。這是一個美好的意外,兩人一起分享著懷孕的喜悅。

然而,當她們同時進入醫院待產時,事情卻出現了非常、非常嚴重的意外。Paloma帶著孩子回家了,而 Cleo卻沒有。
被悲痛徹底擊潰的 Cleo,必須面對失去孩子之後的人生。她與世界漸行漸遠,尤其是與那位擁有她夢寐以求人生的摯友,更是疏離。她被迫從高壓的精算師工作辭職,之後找到一份在殯儀館的工作,在那裡,她接觸到來來去去的哀悼者,也逐漸理解面對悲傷的力量。


A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live—from the author of the “insightful, moving” (Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author) Sunshine Nails.

All Cleo Dang has ever wanted is to be a mother. The day she discovers she’s pregnant is the happiest of her life, especially when she learns that her best friend, Paloma, is also expecting. It’s a wonderful surprise, and together, they enjoy their pregnancies. But when they both go to the hospital in labor, something goes very, very wrong. Paloma comes home with a baby. Cleo does not.

Ravaged by grief, Cleo must now navigate life after losing her baby. She alienates herself from the world, particularly her best friend, who is living the life she so desperately wanted. Forced to take leave from her demanding job as an actuary, Cleo manages to find work at a funeral home, where she meets a revolving cast of bereaved locals and discovers the power of confronting grief.

Darkly humorous yet uplifting, Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead follows a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live.

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"Nguyen is brilliant in her depiction of the agony of grief as well as its absurdity and surprising capacity for tender connection. An astonishing portrait of grief and an ode to the beauty that manages to live in its midst." —Kirkus, starred review

Nguyen (Sunshine Nails, 2023) writes with raw, unflinching honesty about the agony of losing a child, balancing pathos with dark humor. Cleo's messy, nonlinear, yet ultimately hopeful story of rebuilding proves that while some wounds may never heal, they can be transformed into something unexpectedly profound." —Booklist, starred review

“Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead is a window into grief: its ability to make us our worst selves, but also how, over time, it can turn us into a person who sees life for how precious and beautiful and exquisitely improbable it truly is. Nguyen’s writing is open and vulnerable and so very raw. I cried a lot, but I also laughed and was reminded that grief is a journey that never ends but shifts and morphs and should be tended to as long as is needed. It is a testament to the healing power of connection, and I’m so glad this book exists.” —Charlene Carr, author of We Rip the World Apart

作者介紹

Mai Nguyen
Mai Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian author whose debut novel, Sunshine Nails, was longlisted for Canada Reads and named one of the best books of 2023 by NPR and CBC. Her journalism has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post, and The Toronto Star. Raised in Halifax, she now lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter, and French bulldog.

規格

誠品貨碼 / 2683129152003
ISBN13 / 9781668228951
ISBN10 /
EAN貨碼 / 9781668228951
頁數 / 290
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 22.9 x15.9 x 1.8 cm
級別 / N:無
提供維修 / 無

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