BackWhenWeWereGrownups
- 作者
- 出版社 RandomHouseInc
- 出版时间 2001年5月
- ISBN 9780375412530
- 定价 226.60
内容简介
BeckDavitchlooksbackonherthirty-yearmarriagetoJoeandherroleasamotherandmanageroftheOpenArms，wonderingifsheislivingthelifeshewasmeanttoliveandreconsideringherdedicationtothefamilybusiness.250，000firstprinting.，"Onceuponatime，therewasawomanwhodiscoveredthatshehadturnedintothewrongperson."SoAnneTyleropensthisirresistiblenewnovel.ThewomanisRebeccaDavitch，afifty-three-year-oldgrandmother.Issheanimpostorinherownlife?sheasksherself.Isitindeedherownlife?Orisitsomeoneelse’s?Onthesurface，Beck，assheisknowntotheDavitchclan，isoutgoing，joyous，anaturalcelebrator.Givingpartiesis，afterall，hervocation—somethingsheslippedintoevenbeforefinishingcollege，whenJoeDavitchspottedheratanengagementpartyinhisfamily’scrumblingnineteenth-centuryBaltimorerowhouse，wheregivingpartieswasthefamilybusiness.Whatcaughthisfancywasthatsheseemedtobehavingsuchawonderfultime.Soonthislarge-spiritedolderman，adivorcéwiththreelittlegirls，sweptherintohisorbit，andbeforesheknewitshewasembracinghisextendedfamilyplusachildoftheirown，andhostingendlesspartiesintheornate，high-ceilingedroomsofTheOpenArms.Now，somethirtyyearslater，afterpresidingoveradisastrousfamilypicnic，Rebeccaiscaughtun-awaresbythequestionofwhoshereallyis.Howsheanswersit—howshetriestorecoverhergirlhoodself，thatdignifiedgrownupshehadoncebeen—isthestorytoldinthisbeguiling，funny，anddeeplymovingnovel.AsalwayswithAnneTyler’snovels，onceweenterherworlditishardtoleave.ButinBackWhenWeWereGrownupsshesosharpensourperceptionsandawakenssomanyuntappedfeelingsthatwecomeawaynotonlyrefreshedanddelighted，butalsoinfinitelywiser.，BeckDavitchlooksbackonherthirty-yearmarriagetoJoeandherroleasamotherandmanageroftheOpenArms，wonderingifsheislivingthelifeshewasmeanttoliveandreconsideringherdedicationtothefamilybusiness.，"Onceuponatime，therewasawomanwhodiscoveredthatshehadturnedintothewrongperson."SoAnneTyleropensthisirresistiblenewnovel.
ThewomanisRebeccaDavitch，afifty-three-year-oldgrandmother.Issheanimposterinherownlife?sheasksherself.Isitindeedherownlife?Orisitsomeoneelse's?
Onthesurface，Beck，assheisknowntotheDavitchclan，isoutgoing，joyous，anaturalcelebrator.Givingpartiesis，afterall，hervocation-somethingsheslippedintoevenbeforefinishingcollege，whenJoeDavitchspottedheratanengagementpartyinhisfamily'scrumblingnineteenth-centuryBaltimorerowhouse，wheregivingpartieswasthefamilybusiness.Whatcaughthisfancywasthatsheseemedtobehavingsuchawonderfultime.Soonthislarge-spiritedolderman，adivorcewiththreelittlegirls，sweptherintohisorbit，andbeforesheknewitshewasembracinghisextendedfamilyplusachildoftheirown，andhostingendlesspartiesintheornate，high-ceilingedroomsofTheOpenArms.
Now，somethirtyyears，later，afterpresidingoveradisastrousfamilypicnic，Rebeccaiscaughtunawaresbythequestionofwhoshereallyis.Howsheanswersit-howshetriestorecoverhergirlhoodself，thatdignifiedgrownupshehadoncebeen-isthestorytoldinthisnovel.
ThewomanisRebeccaDavitch，afifty-three-year-oldgrandmother.Issheanimposterinherownlife?sheasksherself.Isitindeedherownlife?Orisitsomeoneelse's?
Onthesurface，Beck，assheisknowntotheDavitchclan，isoutgoing，joyous，anaturalcelebrator.Givingpartiesis，afterall，hervocation-somethingsheslippedintoevenbeforefinishingcollege，whenJoeDavitchspottedheratanengagementpartyinhisfamily'scrumblingnineteenth-centuryBaltimorerowhouse，wheregivingpartieswasthefamilybusiness.Whatcaughthisfancywasthatsheseemedtobehavingsuchawonderfultime.Soonthislarge-spiritedolderman，adivorcewiththreelittlegirls，sweptherintohisorbit，andbeforesheknewitshewasembracinghisextendedfamilyplusachildoftheirown，andhostingendlesspartiesintheornate，high-ceilingedroomsofTheOpenArms.
Now，somethirtyyears，later，afterpresidingoveradisastrousfamilypicnic，Rebeccaiscaughtunawaresbythequestionofwhoshereallyis.Howsheanswersit-howshetriestorecoverhergirlhoodself，thatdignifiedgrownupshehadoncebeen-isthestorytoldinthisnovel.
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