編輯推薦:A compelling emotional drama of love and guilt that grips from the very first moments, by the UK's bestselling women's fiction author.
內(nèi)容簡介:Luke Warren would sleep in the dirt if it meant he could be under the stars.
He lives by the laws of nature, and would surely want to die that way.
But Luke is in a coma, and his family must make an unbearable decision.
As tensions and secrets rise to the surface, the tragic accident which brought them back together against the odds could well tear Luke's family apart forever.
They know Luke would not want to live like this.
But how can they choose to let him die?
作者簡介:
JODI PICOULT is the author of eighteen novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers House Rules, Handle With Care, Change of Heart, Nineteen Minutes, and My Sister’s Keeper. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.
朱迪·皮考特:美國當(dāng)代著名暢銷書作家,大師級(jí)小說家。
1992年出版第一部小說以來,十五部作品無一不持續(xù)暢銷,甚至每有新作,必迅速登上《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》、《華盛頓郵報(bào)》等暢銷書榜首位。作品涉及的尖銳話題.也迅速在全美國甚至全球引發(fā)激烈爭議。
以處女作《Songs of the Humpback Whale》嶄露頭角,陸續(xù)出版《Harvesting the Heart》、《Mercy》、《The Pact》等,尤其《Keeping Faith》、《Plain Truth》、《Second Glance》等作品連續(xù)登上《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》暢銷榜,躋身美國一流作家之列。2004年,巔峰力作《姐姐的守護(hù)者》隆重出版,更以幾十種語言的譯介,獲得世界性聲譽(yù)?!兜谑畬拥鬲z》、《Nineteen Minutes》、《House Rules》等新作每一亮相,無不高踞暢銷榜首,引起全球讀者的熱烈好評(píng),她也幾乎成為“暢銷、爭議與重大反響”的代名詞。這一前所未有的書界奇跡,被《時(shí)代周刊》、《泰晤士報(bào)》等稱為“朱迪·皮考特現(xiàn)象”。
作家總以超凡的敏銳捕捉新銳題材:安樂死、器官移植、青少年自殺、克隆、干細(xì)胞……這些人類至今莫衷一是的話題常常成為她寫作的焦點(diǎn),使筆下的人物既極具濃郁的倫理爭議、又背負(fù)深重的悲涼宿命。難得的是,作家并非單純討論“問題”,而是以深情靈動(dòng)的語言和綿密細(xì)致的筆法,編織精彩絕倫的感人情節(jié),寫盡人間至情。
為何而生?這是哲學(xué)家思考的問題,《姐姐的守護(hù)者》也在苦苦思索。作品以一貫的尖銳話題支撐整個(gè)骨架,在熱烈急促、溫潤哀傷的情節(jié)鋪展中,在焦灼糾結(jié)而不失冷靜的連續(xù)追問中,將青春叛逆、器官移植、案件懸疑、愛與背叛熔為一爐,成就一部令全球讀者無限動(dòng)容的感人大作……