内容简介
TurtleMoontransportsthelistenertoVerity,Florida,aplacewhereanythingcanhappenduringthemonthofMay,whenmigratingseaturtlescometotown,mistakingtheglowofthestreetlightsforthemoon.Ayoungsinglemotherismurderedinherapartmentandherbabyisgone.Keith,a12-year-oldboyinthesameapartmentbuilding-theself-styled"meanestboy"intown-alsodisappears.Inpursuitofthebaby,theboyandthekiller,areKeith'sdivorcedmotherandacopwhohimselfwasonceconsideredthemeanestboyintown.TheirsearchleadsthemdownthehumidbywaysofaFloridapopulatedalmostexclusivelybypeoplefromsomewhereelse;emotionalrefugeesseekingsanctuaryalongtheswampycoast.
作者简介
AliceHoffmanistheauthoroffifteennovels:BlueDiary(2001),TheRiverKing(2000),LocalGirls(1999),HereOnEarth(1997),PracticalMagic(1995),SecondNature(1994),TurtleMoon(1992),SeventhHeaven(1990),AtRisk(1988),IlluminationNight(1987),Fortune’sDaughter(1985),WhiteHorses(1982),AngelLanding(1980),TheDrowningSeason(1979),andPropertyOf(1977).Sheisalsotheauthorofthreechildren’sbooks:Aquamarine(2001),Horsefly(2000),andFireflies(1997).BorninNewYorkCity,andraisedonLongIsland,HoffmangraduatedfromAdelphiUniversityandreceivedanM.A.fromStanfordUniversity,whereshewasMirrieleesFellow.ShecurrentlylivesnearBostonwithherfamilyandherdogs.