2009伦敦书展好书推荐AliceFantastic母女仨ByMaggieEstep一个.DOCVIP

2009伦敦书展好书推荐 Alice Fantastic 母女仨 By Maggie Estep 一个母亲，两个同父异母的女儿和十七条狗，同一屋檐下，她们的生活将是如何的诙谐幽默。 整天沉溺于幻想的姐姐，在男友意外死亡后能再次寻觅到憧憬的爱情吗？ 妹妹是个赌徒，一心想要摆脱热切的追求者，在此过程中又发生了怎样妙趣横生的故事呢？ 直白坦率的母亲，她的生活又将掀其怎样的波澜呢？ 分类：文学 小说类 参考书名：ALICE FANTASTIC: A NOVEL 作者：MAGGIE ESTEP 审阅资料：电子手稿 【简介】 Alice Hunter 是个36 岁的职业赌徒，她住在纽约的 Queen 。Alice Hunter在赌马方面颇有成就，是个时常的赢家。为了摆脱和她纠缠不清的追求者 Clayton, Alice就请赌马场的一个老相识去恐吓 Clayton，但收效甚微，并发生了许多意想不到的事情。于是 Alice 离开了Queen, 搬到纽约北部，同母亲 Kimberly 和同父异母的姐姐 Eloise 住在一起。Eloise 的男朋友刚好在一场古怪的意外中丧生，她非常不快的接受了 Alice 的到来。 在三个女人的相处过程中，手足之爱，母女之爱的火焰燃烧得越来越旺，这让 Alice 意外的发现原来自己的母亲一直在致力于将三个女人以及十七条狗融合成一个充满爱意的大家庭。 其实Clayton 在小说中无关情节的重要性，但却为作品增添了不少乐趣。直至 Kimberly 为女演员 Ava Larkin 后，三个女人才开始重新定义自己。 Alice 沉迷于赌博，Eloise 整天沉溺于爱情幻想，而母亲 Kimberly 是三人中最有趣直白的一人，因为在她看来，做人要忠于自我。 ALICE HUNTER IS A THIRTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD PROFESSIONAL GAMBLER living in Queens, NY. She is modestly successful as a horseplayer and enjoys her work. Though avidly pursued by her lover, Clayton, who she refers to as The Big Oaf, Alice’s closest companion is Candy, a small, spotted dog, and Alice likes it that way. When Clayton’s overzealousness leads Alice to ask one of her racetrack cronies to intimidate Clayton into leaving her, a few things go wrong and Book Description: Alice has a thing with “The Big Oaf,” and she wants it to end. A professional, low-income racetrack gambler sees her consistent, reluctant trysts with Clayton (a.k.a. The Big Oaf) as indicative of the neutral gear she’s found herself stuck in for years. Alice drops a few hints to one of her gambling buddies that maybe he should shake down Clayton to get him off her case, which goes down as poorly as possible. But that’s all just to get Alice out of Queens, where she makes her home, so at 36 Alice moves to upstate New York, where her mother, Kimberly, and her sister Eloise—a toymaker whose own boyfriend has recently died in an accident—welcome her with all of the discomfort and hesitant joy a family can muster. The story line with Clayton becomes something of a red herri