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內容簡介 《美國今日秀》《Read with Jenna》讀書俱樂部首選「這是一本擁有豐富觀察力的作品，不僅野心勃勃且充滿熱情。」─暢銷書《女師》作者Meg Wolitzer《Goodreads》《文學網站Lithub》《Refinery29》《Apple Books》一致好評推薦知名詩人Fiona Skinner被問及啟發她創作經典作品《The Love Poem》的主要原因時，她對觀眾細細分享她深藏已久的家族故事與曾遭背叛的過往，如何深深回盪在她的記憶中。故事開始於康乃狄克州一個中產階級的家庭，一棟黃色大屋正在舉辦一場喪禮，父親驟然離世，Skinner一家在可預測的日常生活中，對未來感到無限憧憬與想像。這一家的成員中有無畏的Renee、敏感細膩的Caroline、健壯的男孩Joe和善於觀察周遭的Fiona。20年後，這一家人再度面臨家族危機，而這次危機將測試他們彼此關係的緊密度，迫使他們質疑自己所做的人生抉擇，認真思考究竟為了所愛之人又願意做出何種犧牲。作者以細膩的觀察描繪出美國家庭最親密的動人篇章，當面臨所愛之人，我們該擁抱或憎恨其責任，對於失去的關係又該如何彌補與學習放下。這部小說深深地走入我們的內心，在困難時期引導我們，幫助我們理解過去，指引未來的道路。 “Tara Conklin is a generous writer who deftly brings us into the world of this fictional family, an engrossing and vivid place where I was happy to stay. The Last Romantics is a richly observed novel, both ambitious and welcoming.” -- Meg WolitzerThe New York Times bestselling author of The House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of Commonwealth and The Interestings.“The greatest works of poetry, what makes each of us a poet, are the stories we tell about ourselves. We create them out of family and blood and friends and love and hate and what we’ve read and watched and witnessed. Longing and regret, illness, broken bones, broken hearts, achievements, money won and lost, palm readings and visions. We tell these stories until we believe them.”When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time.It begins in a big yellow house with a funeral, an iron poker, and a brief variation forever known as the Pause: a free and feral summer in a middle-class Connecticut town. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them, the Skinner siblings—fierce Renee, sensitive Caroline, golden boy Joe and watchful Fiona—emerge from the Pause staunchly loyal and deeply connected. Two decades later, the siblings find themselves once again confronted with a family crisis that tests the strength of these bonds and forces them to question the life choices they’ve made and ask what, exactly, they will do for love. A sweeping yet intimate epic about one American family, The Last Romantics is an unforgettable exploration of the ties that bind us together, the responsibilities we embrace and the duties we resent, and how we can lose—and sometimes rescue—the ones we love. A novel that pierces the heart and lingers in the mind, it is also a beautiful meditation on the power of stories—how they navigate us through difficult times, help us understand the past, and point the way toward our future.
