兩個互看不順眼的人擦出火花,竟會讓一個平凡的家庭,正面遭遇這混亂又複雜的不平凡選擇題。
五年前丈夫死於癌症之後,茱莉亞就一人獨力扶養女兒關長大。不可預期地,茱莉亞愛上她的鋼琴課學生:婦產科醫師詹姆士,隨後詹姆士就帶著17歲的兒子內森一起搬進茱莉亞的家。
關與內森,這兩個正值叛逆期的青少年,都對這個新家感到不滿。關無法接受母親不以她為重心,內森則是還在為父母親離婚這件事感到掙扎,兩個孩子也憎恨彼此。不過意外的是,經過一段時間相處,關與內森發現對方並不像自己想像中的那麼糟糕,在這個新組成的家裡,一段意想不到的戀愛關係正逐漸開始萌芽、發展。但他倆的關係曝光之後,不只茱莉亞與詹姆士感到惱怒,年僅16歲的關懷孕這件事,更讓這個家庭陷入一場風暴……。(文/博客來編譯)
A wry, tender novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary choices.
Julia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn’t know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen, didn’t hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James’s seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother’s loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.
This is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?