★一個西方女孩回台灣尋親的真實故事!
★美國知名記者首次深刻剖白被送養的成長經歷,真誠、幽默,獲各界評媒熱烈推薦!
★《寇克斯評論》、《ELLE雜誌》、《底特律地鐵報》、《領養家庭雜誌》、《好管家雜誌》、《哥倫布快報》、《明尼亞波里斯星壇報》、《婦女書評》一致感動好評!
梅齡,她是一個獲獎無數的美國記者,在職場擁有大好前途,以及無可限量的未來。然而在此耀眼光環下,她始終無法正視的,卻是內心深處的那塊缺角:她,不是美國父母的親生女兒--她來自台灣……
台灣對她而言,原本是個不會再有瓜葛的過去。但現在,卻因為一通電話,而牽起了她與台灣的聯繫,也掀開了23年來她一直不願去面對的真相:她的親生父母從金門移居到台東,連續生了五個女兒後,在她出生的那一刻,便決定將她送養,只因為她不是男孩,不是他父親期待的那個男丁……面對這空缺了23年的親情,任何一個選擇都無比艱難,但梅齡卻決定重返出生地,勇敢尋回那原本屬於她的另一種人生!
這是個令人為之動容的真實故事,是用愛與勇氣寫下的自白書,它來自一個曾經被放棄的女孩,也深深激勵了我們所有人:無論曾經有過多麼不堪的際遇,每個人都有能力擁有一個全新而又純粹美好的生命!
Mei-Ling Hopgood was an all-American girl. She grew up in the Midwest, studied journalism at the University of Missouri, and became a reporter for a Michigan newspaper. Adopted when she was a baby, she was never really curious about her Asian roots. Then one day, when she was in her twenties, her birth family from Taiwan came calling—on the phone, on the computer, by fax—in a language she didn’t understand. The Wangs wanted to meet her; they wanted her to return home. But this unexpected reunion has a price, as she uncovers devastating secrets that haunt the Wangs to this day.
Lucky Girl journeys into Chinese culture—its magnificent sights, war-torn history, and sumptuous foods—while revealing the personal suffering wrought by the country’s tightly held traditions. Mei-Ling’s is a tale of love and loss, frustration, hilarity, deep sadness, and great discovery as she comes to understand the true meaning of family.
★本書中譯版《被抱走的女兒》由寶瓶文化出版。
作者簡介
梅齡.霍普古德(Mei-Ling Hopgood)
畢業於美國最優秀的密蘇里大學新聞系,現為自由撰稿記者與作家,作品散見各報章雜誌,如《國家地理旅人》、《新美人雜誌》、《邁阿密先鋒報》、《波士頓環球報》等等,任職過《底特律自由報》與《聖路易郵電報》等等報業記者,曾榮獲許多獎項肯定,其中最著名的是美國的「全國頭條新聞評論獎」(National Headliner Award)。2009年出版第一部作品《被抱走的女兒》(Lucky Girl),描述她接獲台灣原生家庭的一通電話,決定踏上返台尋根之旅的回憶錄
Mei-Ling Hopgood is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Detroit Free Press, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, National Geographic Traveler, and the Miami Herald and has worked in the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau. She lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with her husband and daughter.