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姊妹

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內容簡介 2009年美國出版界奇蹟！◎不到一年銷量突破4百萬冊！◎《紐約時報》2009年度暢銷榜第二名，僅次於丹．布朗《失落的符號》◎夢工廠取得電影版權即將盛大開拍我們只是兩個人，我倆之間並沒有那麼多不同。遠遠不如我們想像中的不同。1962年美國南方密西西比州。23歲白人女孩史基特剛從大學畢業返鄉，她夢想成為作家，但她的母親認為一椿好婚事才是女人的依歸。史基特從小由女傭帶大，女傭是她傾訴心事的好朋友，然而這次回來女傭也失蹤了，沒有人知道去向。機靈能幹，內斂沉著，曾帶大十七個白人小孩的53歲黑傭愛比琳，在兒子兩年前因雇主疏忽而意外死亡後，她的內心世界起了變化，她在史基特的朋友李佛太太家當幫傭，照顧兩歲的小女孩。黑傭米妮，是愛比琳最好的朋友，矮小肥胖，廚藝了得，除了一身潑辣性格使她時常丟工作，一直到鎮上新來一戶人家才讓她找到幫傭之職。新來的漂亮女主人對待米妮如同姊妹，只是女主人看似心事重重還行跡可疑，鎮上的其他女士也不歡迎她。某日，史基特的朋友希莉起草一份衛生計畫，她恐於黑人身上帶有病毒，建議為幫傭另蓋廁所。對此感到不平的史基特，決意著手一個謂為大膽的寫作計畫：採訪黑傭在白人家庭的工作甘苦，並寫成一本書……愛比琳、米妮，和善良的史基特、接二連三的黑人遭虐事件，以及一個「幫傭專用廁所」事件，使得這些女人在保守的60年代不分黑白地首次相聚：黑傭訴說人 生，白女孩記錄並改造故事。像發動寧靜革命，也像是拋磚引玉，有越來越多黑傭透過她們願意說出故事，在膚色黑白分明、道德黑白卻模稜兩可的年代，她們的相 遇是民權運動發生前黑與白間搭起的最初橋梁。或許是真的，不管有多麼危險，「這本書」真能順利出版，讓她們的聲音被世人聽見……本書分別透過三位女性的告白，以充滿感情的筆調，將人類追求夢想、自由與平等的渴求與良知淋漓展現，將愛與痛苦，恨與信仰，恐懼與勇氣交織其中。本中文書介出自《姊妹》商周出版The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t—nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who’s always taken orders quietly, but lately she’s unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She’s full of ambition, but without a husband, she’s considered a failure.Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town..."

作者介紹

作者介紹 Kathryn StockettKathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.

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最佳賣點 : In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.