十二本書,十二個月
只有一次機會能夠治癒她的心…
堤莉.納金格爾接到了一通來自書店的電話,對方表示,她的丈夫在他們店裡留了一份禮物要給她。堤莉驚愕不已,一部分的原因是因為她早就不記得最近一次好好閱讀一本書是什麼時候。不過最大的原因,還是因為她的丈夫喬早在五個月前就已經過世了。
當堤莉前往書店親取這份禮物時,擁有著一雙溫柔眼神的書店店長阿飛告訴她,喬親自挑選了十二本書留給她,每本書都附上喬親手寫的書信,一本一個月,為的是陪伴她走過失去自己的第一年,幫助堤莉能夠為自己的新生活翻開新的篇章。
起初,堤莉根本無法想像自己沈浸在虛構世界裡的樣子,然而喬信上那溫暖而強大的文字說服了她。於是,奇妙的事情發生了,堤莉越來越享受在每張書頁裡,屬於她的故事,也重啟了新的篇章。她開始每個月都會拜訪書店,與店長阿飛之間,進行深度而觸動心靈的對話。堤莉也開始踏上新的旅程,與認識的人分享自己的故事,屬於她的人生故事。(文/博客來外文館)
A woman receives an unexpected gift from the man she loved and lost—a year of books, one for every month—launching a reading-inspired journey to live, dream, and love again in this glimmering and heart-stopping novel.
Twelve books. Twelve months. One chance to heal her heart…
When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly because she can’t remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago….
When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the bookshop owner with kind eyes, explains the gift—twelve carefully chosen books with handwritten letters from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him.
At first Tilly can’t imagine sinking into a fictional world, but Joe’s tender words convince her to try, and something remarkable happens—Tilly becomes immersed in the pages, and a new chapter begins to unfold in her own life. Monthly trips to the bookstore—and heartfelt conversations with Alfie—give Tilly the comfort she craves and the courage to set out on a series of reading-inspired adventures that take her around the world. But as she begins to share her journey with others, her story—like a book—becomes more than her own.