The Life List

　　34歲的布芮特住在高級公寓，擁有外型宛如GQ男模的體貼男友、年薪百萬的夢幻工作。最重要的是，她有一位深愛她的母親。

　　直到某天，母親罹癌驟逝，讓布芮特的人生一夕劇變。母親將所有的遺產都給了哥哥及嫂嫂，卻只留給最愛的女兒布芮特一張清單，除非她能完成清單上的10件事，否則她無法得到母親的任何遺物。

　　那是布芮特在國二時隨手寫下的紙條，她早已把上面的幼稚夢想拋諸腦後。誰料到母親偷偷地將它從垃圾桶撿了起來，20年來，布芮特每完成一項，母親便幫她將願望打勾。

　　清單上還剩下10個未盡的夢想──生個小北鼻？不會吧。當老師？放棄年薪百萬，整天在教室裡跟小屁孩鬼混，開什麼玩笑！買一匹馬？對不起喔，公寓不適合養大型寵物。與老爸重修舊好？怎麼可能，他早在七年前就過世了！然而，布芮特深知清單中的墜入愛河是她的最大挑戰。眼前的男友安德魯看似完美，卻似乎有哪裡不對勁…

　　在一連串的謊言與背叛之後，布芮特被迫重新審視自己的人生。她該如何在有限的一年之中，重拾誠摯友誼、幫助他人，並且找到真愛？

　　10個看似毫無關連的願望，卻是如此環環相扣。布芮特如何在一次又一次的契機之中，實現願望，讓人生有所不同…　         

　　★本書中譯本《生命清單》由悅知文化出版

　　Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern and Jojo Moyes, a beautiful and moving story about the unbreakable bond between a mother and daughter

　　Brett's Life List

　　1. Go to Paris
　　2. Perform live, on a super big stage
　　3. Have a baby, maybe two
　　4. Fall in love

　　Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an irresistibly handsome boyfriend. All in all, a charmed life. That is, until her beloved mother passes away, leaving behind a will with one big stipulation: In order to receive her inheritance, Brett must first complete the life list of goals she’d written when she was a naïve girl of fourteen.

　　Grief-stricken, Brett can barely make sense of her mother’s decision—her childhood dreams don’t resemble her ambitions at age thirty-four in the slightest. Some seem impossible. How can she possibly have a relationship with a father who died seven years ago? Other goals (Be an awesome teacher!) would require her to reinvent her entire future.

　　As Brett reluctantly embarks on a perplexing journey in search of her adolescent dreams, one thing becomes clear. Sometimes life’s sweetest gifts can be found in the most unexpected places.