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Leda is a middle-aged divorcee devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneline

茱絲汀每日照料老人，也默默壓抑著童年的喪親創傷。與百歲奶奶海蓮娜的對話，讓她重新面對內心的空白與沉默的愛。一通突如其來的電話揭開真相，串起跨世代的記憶與情感，是一部哀傷卻溫暖的療癒小說。Justine is 21 years old and has lived with her grandparents and cousin Jules since the death of her parents. She works as a carer at a retirement home and spends her days listening to her residents’ stories. After bonding with Hélène, an almost 100-year-old resident, the two women slowly reveal their stories to one another.Whilst Justine helps Hélène to relive her memories of love and war, Hélène encourages Justine to confront the secrets of her own past, and the loss she has buried deep within. One day, trouble arrives in the form of a mysterious phone call that shakes the retirement home to its core and uncovers a shocking revelation. At once humorous and melancholic, Valérie Perrin’s debut novel is a story of how the past can shape our present, and the scars of undeclared love.

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《My Brilliant Friend》（那不勒斯四部曲首部）是由Elena Ferrante創作的代表作，以Naples為背景，展開一段橫跨數十年的女性友誼。故事圍繞兩位在貧困社區長大的女孩——Elena與Lila。她們彼此吸引、競爭，也彼此牽引，在成長過程中不斷拉扯出自我與對方的邊界。在階級、教育與性別限制交織的環境裡，兩人的人生逐漸分岔，卻始終無法真正離開彼此的影響。這不只是一段友情的描寫，更是一部關於成長、慾望與自我認同的深刻書寫——細膩而真實地刻畫出人與人之間最複雜的連結。From one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, comes this ravishing and generous-hearted novel about a friendship that lasts a lifetime. The story of Elena and Lila begins in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighbourhood on the outskirts of Naples. Growing up on these tough streets the two girls learn to rely on each other ahead of anyone or anything else, as their friendship, beautifully and meticulously rendered, becomes a not always perfect shelter from hardship. Ferrante has created a memorable portrait of two women, but My Brilliant Friend is also the story of a nation. Through the lives of Elena and Lila, Ferrante gives her readers the story of a city and a country undergoing momentous change.

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