伊丽莎白·斯特鲁特生于1956年,在锡拉库斯大学法律学院学法律,兼修老人学,此后开始文学创作,逐渐在《纽约客》等杂志发表短篇小说。1998年,她以7年时间完成的、描写性与母女之情的长篇小说《艾米与伊莎贝尔》出版,广受好评,进入英美多个文学大奖的决选,2006年出版的《和我一起守候》(Abide with Me)则成为畅销书。
"What young people didn't know, she thought lying down beside this man, his hand on her shoulder, her arm; oh, what young people did not know. They did not know that lumpy, aged and wrinkled bodies were as needy as their own young firm ones, that love was not to be tossed around carelessly, as if it "
Henry很浪漫,但是也有他的不足,olive没有那么mean,或许表达方式不够好,但也一直在努力维护着她的家庭,这大概是大多数婚姻最真实的样子。Christopher对olive说 “all those years, you never apologize” ,竟然觉得有点悲哀。印象最深的是最后一篇,henry去世后olive和jack的对话。 “my wife died in December” “then you’re in hell” “then I’m in hell”
A face like an angel. A drunk. Her mother sold herself to men. Never married, Angela?
But sitting on the stairwell, she told herself that she was no more, no less, pathetic than any of them, including Malcolm's wife.
生活终究是一场对绝望的博弈。
"My wife died in December," he said.
"Then, you're in hell"
"Then, I'm in hell."
作者实在是太细腻太会写了,不过有点没看懂 Criminal,那个医生做错了什么要受这种苦😂……最喜欢River, 剧里面这一章也演得很好很好
Too much sadness in one lifetime
这位作者的文字有种平静的力量,整个阅读过程都是这种感觉,能溶进心里,会牵肠挂肚,最终也可以释怀。
一开始差点没读下去,很快就真香了
能和主角产生共鸣,之前常常出现this can’t be my life的念头,大概是青少年时期没有建立好identity的同一,和olive老爹自杀有关系。语言非常有魅力,be gaga over somebody, kitty-corner等。macdorman是最适合演olive的人!