内容简介
Twenty-three-year-oldJoGreenknowsthatifshehastospendonemorenightinultra-provincialNiblet-Upon-Avonshe'llgocompletelybonkers!Sosheanswersanadinthepaper,bidsherdevotedboyfriendShaunadieu,andheadsofftothebigcity.Withanewjobthatoffersexcitement;acoolcar;andherownsuitewithaTV,DVDplayer,andacellphone,howcanshegowrong?Thenshemeets...theFitzgeralds--DickandVanessaandtheirunrulybroodofrugratswhohavesuddenlybeenentrustedintoJo'scare.There'seight-year-old"psycho-babe"Cassandra;bloodthirstyZak,thesix-year-oldTerminator;andtimidlittleTallulah.Sowhatelsecouldgowrong?HowaboutthearrivalofDick'schildrenfromhisfirstmarriage:teenageTobyand(gulp!)all-grown-up-and-very-nicely-at-thatJoshtheaccountant?AndnowthatshehastotemporarilyshareherroomwithJosh,Jo'sheadisreallyinaspin--becausewithherhometownbeaustillinthepictureandasexypossibilitysleepingjustafootaway,lifehassuddenlygottenverycomplicatedindeed!
作者简介
SenaJeterNaslundNovelistSenaJeterNaslundreimagineshistoricalcharactersandeventssovivdly,readersoftenmistakeherfictionforfact.Withherimaginativemasteryof"suspensionofdisbelief,"Naslundweavesatapestryofhistory'shighlightsintocompellingfictionforherfans.BiographySenaJeterNaslundgrewupinBirmingham,Alabama,wheresheattendedpublicschoolsandreceivedaB.A.fromBirmingham-SouthernCollege.ShehasalsolivedinLouisiana,WestVirginia,andCalifornia.ShereceivedherM.A.andPh.D.degreesfromtheUniversityofIowaWriters'Workshop.Inadditiontotwoothernovelsandtwocollectionsofshortstories,hershortfictionhasappearedinTheParisReview,TheGeorgiaReview,TheIowaReview,theMichiganQuarterlyReviewandmanyothers.For12yearsshedirectedtheCreativeWritingProgramattheUniversityofLouisville,wheresheteachesandholdsthetitleDistinguishedTeachingProfessor.Concurrently,sheisamemberoftheM.F.A.inWritingfacultyofVermontCollege.SheiscofounderandeditoroftheliterarymagazineTheLouisvilleReviewandtheFleur-de-lisPress,housedatSpauldingUniversity,andhastaughtattheUniversityofMontanaandIndianaUniversity.SheistherecipientofgrantsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArts,theKentuckyFoundationforWomen,andtheKentuckyArtsCouncil.ShelivesinLouisville,Kentucky.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.GoodToKnowNaslundistherecipientofgrantsfromtheNationalEndowmentfortheArts,theKentuckyFoundationforWomen,andtheKentuckyArtsCouncil.Shehastaughtliteraturesince1972,directingthecreativewritingprogramatUniversityofLouisville,whereshewasawardeditsfirst-everDistinguishedTeachingProfessorhonor.Hometown:Louisville,KentuckyEducation:B.A.,Birmingham-SouthernCollege;M.A.,Ph.D.UniversityofIowaWriters'Workshop
