内容简介

Remember the woman you used to be ...

Alice is twenty-nine. She is whimsical, optimistic and adores sleep, chocolate, her ramshackle new house and her wonderful husband Nick. What's more, she's looking forward to the birth of the 'Sultana' - her first baby.

But now Alice has slipped and hit her head in her step-aerobics class and everyone's telling her she's misplaced the last ten years of her life.

In fact, it would seem that Alice is actually thirty-nine and now she loves schedules, expensive lingerie, caffeine and manicures. She has three children and the honeymoon is well and truly over for her and Nick. In fact, he looks at her like she's his worst enemy. What's more, her beloved sister Elisabeth isn't speaking to her either. And who is this 'Gina'everyone is so carefully trying not to mention?

Alice isn't sure that she likes life ten years on. Every photo is another memory she doesn't have and nothing makes sense. Just how much can happen in a decade? Has she really lost her lovely husband for ever?

作者简介

The eldest of six children, Liane Moriarty is a freelance advertising copywriter based in Sydney. She writes everything from catalogues to websites, from TV commercials to cereal boxes and has won industry awards for her work. She is currently working on her third novel, and lives by the sea with her partner, Eric. Her first novel Three Wishes was published in 2004, and her new...

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精彩摘录

不孕症患者同好会的人来看我了，带了一大堆贵重的礼物。感觉有点可怕。我知道他们是什么感受，我知道他们会控制情绪，向自己保证，只要待上二十分钟，就能回到车上哭了。他们说话事尽量保持轻松愉快的语气。礼节性地抱孩子时，他们那可怜、疲惫、臃肿的躯体在渴望中备受煎熬。对于不孕的人来说，没有什么比听新生儿的妈妈抱怨辛苦更令人难受的了。这就好比告诉一个盲人，“噢，视力正常可以看山、看日落，但也会看到垃圾和污染！太可怕了!”

——引自第503页

最让我气恼的是，就算我这么说了，想了，也全心全意的相信，我会失去这个孩子，正如我之前失败过很多次一样，但我知道，内心深处，依然有一个积极到无可救药，却也可悲到无可救药的声音在说：“但是，说不定……”

——引自第438页