博客來 百萬暢銷書籍《微型論者》和《繆斯》作者傑西‧伯頓（Jessie Burton）新書！帶你探討秘密、母性和友誼，以及我們如何從失落中發現自己！
1980年冬天的某個下午，艾莉絲‧莫索（Elise Morceau）在漢普斯特德荒野（E Hampstead Heath）遇見了康斯坦斯‧霍爾登（Constance Holden），她很快就陷入了康斯坦斯的魔咒。
故事也從這裡開始……。
康妮（Connie）的小說被改編成好萊塢的主要電影，她是一位大膽而誘人的成功作家，艾莉絲跟著她來到洛杉磯尋夢。洛杉磯不只是一個陌生的夢想，更是 一個充滿游泳池和迷人人物深夜聚會的城市。然而艾莉絲發現，當康妮在這個新世界閃閃發光、蓬勃發展的時候，每個人都熱情殷切地向這顆耀眼的星星伸手，但沒 有人說出真相。艾莉絲發現這之中彷彿藏著秘密，她帶著疑惑，躊躇而不安，陷入迷茫的困境。當她在聚會上旁聽到一段對話時，她最終做出了一個衝動的決定，而 這將永遠改變她的生活，帶領她到當初意想不到的發展之中……。
故事的鏡頭來到三十年後，羅斯尋求著有關母親的答案，母親在她還是嬰兒時就失蹤了。羅斯得知最後一個見到她母親的人是康斯坦斯這位隱居的小說家，她在成名時就退出了公眾生活。而一連串的事件讓羅斯到康妮氣勢恢宏的家門前尋求認罪……。
這是一本有力且感人至深的小說，內容涉及秘密、母性和友誼，以及我們如何從失落中發現自己。(文/博客來編譯)
The sensational new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.
One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strange dreams and swimming pools and late-night gatherings of glamorous people. But whilst Connie thrives on the heat and electricity of this new world where everyone is reaching for the stars and no one is telling the truth, Elise finds herself floundering. When she overhears a conversation at a party that turns everything on its head, Elise makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever.
Three decades later, Rose Simmons is seeking answers about her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was Constance Holden, a reclusive novelist who withdrew from public life at the peak of her fame, Rose is drawn to the door of Connie's imposing house in search of a confession . . .
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse, this is a luminous, powerful and deeply moving novel about secrets and storytelling, motherhood and friendship, and how we lose and find ourselves.
