书籍 Penny from Heaven的封面

Penny from Heaven

Jennifer L. Holm

出版社

Yearling

出版时间

2007-12-01

ISBN

9780375836893

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
It’s1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball. But nothing’s that easy in Penny’s family. For starters, she can’t go swimming because her mother’s afraid she’ll catch polio at the pool. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a car. Her Nonny cries every time her father’s name is mentioned. And the two sides of her family aren’t speaking to each other! Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm’s own Italian American family, Penny from Heaven is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America’s history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. But most of all, it’s a story about families—about the things that tear them apart and bring them together. And Holm tells it with all the richness and the layers, the love and the laughter of a Sunday dinner at Nonny’s. So pull up a chair and enjoy the feast! Buon appetito! From the Hardcover edition.
用户评论
好久没有遇到能让自己落泪的书了,是一本情节集中,故事详尽且温暖的书,家庭生活和历史背景的衔接可谓是棒极了,不会觉得乏味,好喜欢里面的uncle D,总是对penny说Hi, my princess 。哇塞,整个世界都美好起来哇。 作者很会照顾读者情绪,才蓄好的眼泪下一秒就被笑带走了。喜欢这样能在悲伤里加很多幽默调味料的作者。读的时候大概分成了两段,今天早上是笑着合上书的,傍晚是泪痕还在脸上哈哈,若是没看书只经历这样的情绪过山车,路人会觉得奇怪极了吧,哈哈我喜欢这种奇怪。我觉得读两遍,下次照顾词语表达。
这位作者,文风幽默,也很感人。
His only crime was being Italian. Penny在爸爸去世前叫Barbara,她爸爸喜欢Penny From Heaven这首歌,后来她就成了Penny。她的爸爸是意大利裔,妈妈是美国人。因为二战的特殊原因,爸爸拥有一台短波收音机想要收听喜欢的球赛,成为FBI眼里的间谍,最后死在监狱。小Penny在平凡的生活下,拥有Frankie的友情,暑期打零工,生日收到礼物,唯独没有爸爸的任何消息。直到一次事故后,她在医院里偶然听到了爸爸的信息。在她的追问下,她知道了爸爸的故事。一次经历,一次成长,小Penny长大了,她没有怪罪任何人,而是选择理解,选择宽容地生活下去,所有的烦恼都迎刃而解。也是收获良多的童书,让我知道民主的美国也不过是为了自己的政治需求去民主。
好书。对于孩子不清楚,反正对于成年人来说不会是一本无聊的书。或许因为故事是建立在亲人的经历之上,每个人物都很可爱,很温暖(不过关于妈妈和Frankie的人物塑造我觉得还差点力度)。关于亲人的一切也好,生活也好,友情也好,婚姻也好,政治也好,都描写的不错,是一本值得一看的小书。 美中不足的是从佩妮手臂受伤开始,故事的走向就有些俗套了,另外这个结局有些美好到不真实(?),不过毕竟是本童书,也可以接受,总之推荐。