Roar

　　艾亨（Cecelia Ahern）最新作品《Roar》一書由三十篇短篇小說集合而成，書中每篇故事環繞著一個未知的女人發展，闡述每一個女主角面對生活中發生的各種荒謬矛盾問題，以及她們以機智與同情心克服無限逆境的故事。

　　在婚姻、育兒、事業等各方面，這些發人深省故事的女主角們面臨了各種平凡卻又不平凡的問題：一個女人被皮膚上奇怪的咬痕折磨；一個女人決定把她在商店購回的無聊丈夫退貨……當陷入各種困境掙扎搏鬥時，這些女人一開始總是受制於別人眼光，但最終，她們學會如何看待自己真實的力量，並意識到自己手中正掌握著那股改變的力量。

　　《Roar》探索世界各地女性的困境與願望，將這些異想天開的故事與現實，以及你我熟悉的場景融合在一起，帶來令人吃驚與莞爾一笑的超展開結局。（文 / 博客來編譯）

　　‘These stories sing and cry and shout and whisper from the page. They’re sharp, clever, witty…a joy to read.’
　　Donal Ryan, international bestselling author of The Spinning Heart

　　I am woman. Hear me roar.

　　Have you ever imagined a different life?
　　Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided?
　　Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar?

　　The women in these startlingly original stories are all of us: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, the women who make us brave. From The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared to The Woman Who Was Kept on the Shelf and The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged her Husband, discover thirty touching, often hilarious, stories and meet thirty very different women. Each discovers her strength; each realizes she holds the power to make a change.

　　Witty, tender, surprising, these keenly observed tales speak to us all, and capture the moment when we all want to roar.