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Setintheearly1960s,WestofRehobothisthemovingstoryoftwelve-year-oldEdwardMassey.Eachsummer,toescapetheheatofPhiladelphia,Edward'sfamilymovestoRehobothBeach,Delaware.The"coloredsonly"sideofapristineresortonRehobothBeachoffersworkforhismotherandasandyplaygroundforhissister.ButforEdward—animaginative,inquisitiveboy—itoffersthechancetounderstandhisreclusive,curmudgeonlyUncleRufus,amancaughtinaswirlofhardluckandbadchoices.Forgingatenuousbond,theirrelationshipwilltakeEdwardonaharrowingjourneythroughRufus'spast,facingtheviolence,disappointment,andfrustrationthatshapedhisdestiny.Award-winningauthorAlexsPatetellsamesmerizingstory—offamily,ofcomingofage,ofreconciliation—revealingtheextraordinarycompassionandhealingpowerofoneunforgettableboy.
作者简介
JessWalterJessWalternotonlywontheprestigiousEdgarAwardforhisnovelCitizenVince--asanacclaimedinvestigativereporter,hepresentedthecompellingtruestoryofRubyRidge:TheTruthandTragedyoftheRandyWeaverFamily.Hislatestforayintofiction,TheZero,hasearnedhimaNationalBookAwardnomination.BiographyJessWalteristheauthoroffournovels--TheZero,afinalistforthe2006NationalBookAward,CitizenVince,winnerofthe2005EdgarAwardforbestnovel,LandoftheBlindandOverTumbledGraves,a2001NewYorkTimesnotablebook--aswellasthenonfictionbookEveryKneeShallBow(rereleasedasRubyRidge),afinalistforthePENCenterWestliterarynonfictionawardin1996.Acareerjournalist,Walteralsowritesshortstories,essaysandscreenplays.Hewastheco-authorofChristopherDarden's1996bestsellerInContempt.HisworkhasappearedinDetails,Playboy,Newsweek,theWashingtonPostandtheBostonGlobe.Hisbookshavebeenpublishedinsixteencountriesandfourteenlanguages.HeliveswithhiswifeAnneandchildren,Brooklyn,AvaandAlecinSpokane,Washington.Biographycourtesyoftheauthor'sofficialwebsite.GoodToKnowSomeinterestingouttakesfromourinterviewwithWalter:"Iamoneoftheorganizersofthelargestoutdoorbasketballtournamentintheworld.""Ihavebeeninone(1)independentmovieforwhichIgrewone(1)righteousmustache.""Icomefromafamilyoffailedcattleranchers."Hometown:Spokane,WashingtonDateofBirth:七月20,1965PlaceofBirth:Spokane,WashingtonEducation:B.A.,EasternWashingtonUniversity,1987Website:http://www.jesswalter.com
