玩家俱乐部 The Players Club

基本信息

Publisher：Atria Books

Publication date：May 19, 2026

Language：English

Print length：288 pages

ISBN-10：1668218003

ISBN-13：978-1668218006

Item Weight：1.21 pounds

Dimensions：5.5 x 1 x 8.38 inches

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书籍简介

如果你喜欢《化学课》和《埃莉诺·奥利芬特完全没事》，那么这部大胆而宏大的作品不容错过。故事讲述了一个秘密女性俱乐部，她们为了探寻一个问题而甘愿冒险：如果你可以成为任何人……你敢成为谁？

贝丝·格林伍德一生都过着安稳的生活。她在同一家公司做了十年平面设计师，按部就班地通过约会软件与男士们共进晚餐，有时甚至发生一夜情，她也常常琢磨着如何装饰自己那间单调乏味的小公寓。她的慰藉和快乐就是每周日与妹妹埃尔斯佩思的聚会。埃尔斯佩思原本的生活与贝丝截然不同，但却开始瓦解。

一天，贝丝遇到一位女士，邀请她加入一个秘密俱乐部。这个俱乐部并非编织或读书，而是让你体验一段你一直渴望的经历。太阳马戏团杂技演员、另类涂鸦艺术家、地下圈子的表演者：这些女性会为你提供一切所需，让你——暂时——成为你本该成为的那个人，仿佛你的人生轨迹曾有过一两次不同的转折。

起初，贝丝被新结识的朋友以及他们提供的机会所迷惑，这些机会让她得以探索自我身份的边界，逃离平静平凡的生活。但即使是俱乐部，提供的消遣也终究有限。当贝丝的真实生活变得异常艰难时，她须扪心自问：她究竟想成为怎样的人？谁会在她需要的时候给予她滋养？

《玩家俱乐部》是一部构思巧妙却又贴近现实的作品，探讨了女性友谊的力量、维系我们存在的纽带、人类对创造力的渴望，以及重塑自我的诱人可能性。这部作品既引人入胜又见解深刻，将瑞秋·米尔斯塑造成一位睿智而温暖的人心记录者。

For fans of Lessons in Chemistry and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, a bold, big concept debut about a secret club of women who risk everything to ask the question: If you could be anyone…who would you dare to become?

Beth Greenwood has spent her life playing it safe. She’s been a graphic designer at the same company for a decade, she dutifully meets men from the apps for dinner and sometimes casual sex, she thinks about decorating her sterile, small apartment. Her comfort and joy are her Sunday catch-ups with her sister Elspeth, whose perfect life, very different from Beth’s, has recently started to unravel.

One day, Beth meets a woman who invites her to join a secret club. It’s not knitting or books; it’s living out an experience you’ve always wanted to have. Cirque du Soleil acrobat, gonzo graffiti artist, performer in the underground scene: these women will get you everything you need in order to—temporarily—be the person you might have been, had your life taken one or two different turns.

At first Beth is dazzled by her new friendships and the opportunity they offer her to test the boundaries of her identity, to escape from her quiet, ordinary life. But even the best of clubs can offer only so much distraction, and when the stakes of Beth’s real life become uncomfortably high, she must ask herself, really and truly, who she’s going to choose to be, and who is going to nurture her when she needs it most.

The Players Club is a high-concept but grounded debut about the power of female friendship, the bonds that hold us in place, the human need for creativity, and the seductive possibility of reinvention. As immersive as it is incisive, it introduces Rachel Mills as a wise and warm chronicler of the human heart.

作者简介

瑞秋·米尔斯是瑞秋·米尔斯文学经纪公司的总监兼文学经纪人。她经常为英国媒体撰稿，包括《每日电讯报》、《前排》、《泰晤士报》，并担任《书商》杂志的专栏作家。

Rachel Mills is Director and literary agent at Rachel Mills Literary. She is a regular contributor across UK media, including The Telegraph, Front Row, The Times and as a columnist for the Bookseller.