★《紐約時報》暢銷榜冠軍、普立茲獎決選大師安·派契特(Ann Patchett)第11部長篇巨作!★《Booklist》五星盛讚:「比前作《湯姆湖》更璀璨、更令人揪心!」★ 歐美各大書評、讀書會 2026 夏季選書爭相推薦!【2026今夏最溫柔的文學禮物】《湯姆湖》金獎暢銷作家 安·派契特 敲動心弦最新力作《Whistler》「只要曾被另一個人深刻地理解過,哪怕只有一瞬間,人生就此改變。」在大都會藝術博物館的畫廊裡,一對目光相遇,讓封存了四十年的大雪轟然落下。五十歲的英文老師達芙妮,意外重逢了九歲時只陪伴過她一年的前繼父艾迪。那一年,他們在暴風雪的車禍中相依為命;那一天,繼父為了安撫她,說了一個關於奇蹟母馬「Whistler」的秘密故事。隨後,繼父消失了,大人的世界關上了門。當時間洗盡鉛華,老去的繼父與長大的女兒再度並肩,那些當年來不及說出口的真相、隱藏在時光深處的家族秘密,終於在溫暖的日光下迎來了和解。這是一本關於「遺憾與釋懷」的小說,獻給所有曾在愛裡走失、卻依然渴望被理解的靈魂。THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE DUTCH HOUSE AND TOM LAKE'Few writers are more adept than Patchett at delineating the collisions between present and past'Observer'Whistler is top-shelf comfort food, the literary equivalent of pricey ice-cream' Guardian, Book of the Day__________When Daphne notices an older gentleman following her around the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, she doesn't expect it to be Eddie - her former stepfather.Married to her mother for a short time when Daphne was nine, she