如何读一本书 How to Read a Book

基本信息

Format:Hardback 288 pages

Publisher:Collins

Imprint:Mariner Books

ISBN:9780063243675

Published:7 May 2024

Weight:411g

Dimensions:229 x 152 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“这是点燃我和你们读书俱乐部热情的理想选择……提醒我们，善良和书籍在这个世界上仍然可以获胜。”——《纽约时报书评》

“一部美丽、宽宏大量的小说宝藏。”——莉莉·金

全国畅销书* 获奖作品《百万分之一的男孩》的作者带来了一部感人肺腑、振奋人心的小说，讲述了在书店的一次偶遇，探索了救赎、不太可能的友谊以及分享故事改变生活的力量。

我们的理由在早晨与我们相遇，在晚上向我们低语。我的理由是一位天真、毫无戒心、永远 61 岁的女人，名叫洛林·戴格尔……

22 岁的维奥莱特·鲍威尔来自缅因州阿博特福尔斯农村，因酒后驾车撞死当地一名幼儿园老师而服刑 22 个月，即将出狱。

哈丽特·拉尔森是一名退休的英语老师，她经营着监狱读书俱乐部，现在正面临着令人不安的空巢前景。

弗兰克·戴格尔是一名退休的机械师，他还没有接受与维奥莱特杀害的那名女子婚姻的复杂情况。

一天早上，当他们三人在波特兰的一家书店相遇时——维奥莱特去买她出狱前在监狱读书俱乐部读的小说，哈丽特去为剩下的女性选择下一本书，弗兰克去完成他作为商店杂工的职责——他们的生活开始以变革的方式交织在一起。

《如何读书》是一个毫不掩饰的诚实和充满希望的故事，讲述了放下内疚、抓住第二次机会以及书籍改变我们生活的力量。莫妮卡·伍德用她作品中的真挚、机智、优雅和深刻的理解，阐明了定义生活的决定和让生活值得过的善良。

“一部充满人性且感人的小说；强烈推荐给读书俱乐部和谢尔比·范佩尔特的《非常聪明的生物》的粉丝。”——《书单》

"The perfect pick to really light a fire under my book club, and yours....A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in this world." --New York Times Book Review

"A beautiful, big-hearted treasure of a novel." --Lily King

National Bestseller * From the award-winning author of The One-in-a-Million Boy comes a heartfelt, uplifting novel about a chance encounter at a bookstore, exploring redemption, unlikely friendships, and the life-changing power of sharing stories.

Our Reasons meet us in the morning and whisper to us at night. Mine is an innocent, unsuspecting, eternally sixty-one-year-old woman named Lorraine Daigle...

Violet Powell, a twenty-two-year-old from rural Abbott Falls, Maine, is being released from prison after serving twenty-two months for a drunk-driving crash that killed a local kindergarten teacher.

Harriet Larson, a retired English teacher who runs the prison book club, is facing the unsettling prospect of an empty nest.

Frank Daigle, a retired machinist, hasn't yet come to grips with the complications of his marriage to the woman Violet killed.

When the three encounter each other one morning in a bookstore in Portland--Violet to buy the novel she was reading in the prison book club before her release, Harriet to choose the next title for the women who remain, and Frank to dispatch his duties as the store handyman--their lives begin to intersect in transformative ways.

How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. With the heart, wit, grace, and depth of understanding that has characterized her work, Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.

"A deeply humane and touching novel; highly recommended for book clubs and fans of Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkably Bright Creatures." -- Booklist

作者简介

莫妮卡·伍德是一位小说家、回忆录作家和剧作家；因对公共人文学科的贡献而荣获缅因州人文委员会卡尔森奖；因对文学艺术的贡献而荣获缅因州作家和出版商联盟杰出成就奖。她与丈夫丹·阿博特和他们的猫苏茜住在缅因州波特兰。

Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright; a recipient of the Maine Humanities Council Carlson Prize for contributions to the public humanities; and a recipient of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Distinguished Achievement Award for contributions to the literary arts. She lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband, Dan Abbott, and their cat, Susie.