小說/散文

Catch the Light
出版社： Random House, Inc. (International Division)
書林書號：
20279585
作者：
Sweeney, Kate
定價：
405
會員價：
$344
ISBN：
9780593464014
出版年份：
2021
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
352
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【當回憶隨靈魂遠去，曾經珍視的過往是否消逝】

在她父親去世九個月後，小菊被迫從陽光明媚的洛杉磯一路搬家到紐約州北部的農村。據她母親所說，和阿姨一起住在樹林裡的一座老房子裡，可以帶給小菊和她妹妹人生新的開始。但小菊為她必須遺留在洛杉磯的一切感到痛苦—她最好的朋友、她的姐姐、現在起要承受異地戀的男友，以及她覺得自己唯一有機會讓一切恢復正常的校園生活。
 
最重要的是，小菊有個讓她惴惴不安的秘密：她開始忘記她的父親。他在她記憶中留下的空白很快就被篝火、家庭聚會和與新朋友傑西一起在暗室裡度過的時光填滿了。傑西是一位攝影師，也是她無法停止想念、志趣相投的靈魂伴侶。隨著小菊搬家後，在新世界裡尋覓了另一片天地，她與傑西越走越近，她發現自己陷入了舊生活和新生活之間的矛盾，同時也逐漸失去了她曾努力維繫的過往。
 
小菊終將認清她真正想要什麼，並接受失去父親後對她的改變。就算她不能永遠保留過去，或許她可以選擇保留什麼，並在未來創造新的回憶。

Nine months after the death of her father, Marigold is forced to pick up and move from sunny Los Angeles all the way across the country to rural upstate New York. According to her mom, living with her aunt in a big old house in the woods is the fresh start Marigold and her little sister need. But Mary aches for the things she’s leaving behind—her best friend, her older sister, her now-long-distance boyfriend, and the senior year that felt like her only chance at making things feel normal again.
 
On top of everything, Mary has a troubling secret: she’s starting to forget her dad. The void he’s left in her memory is quickly getting filled with bonfires, house parties, and hours in the darkroom with Jesse, a fellow photographer and kindred spirit whom she can’t stop thinking about. As the beauty of Mary’s new world begins to sink in and her connection with Jesse grows stronger, she feels caught between her old life and her new one. Mary might just be losing her grip on the pieces of her life that she's tried so hard to hold together.
 
When the two finally come crashing together, Mary will have to decide what she really wants and come to terms with the ways that the loss of her dad has changed who she is. Even if she can't hold on to her past forever, maybe she can choose what to keep.

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