The Rest of the Story

　「一場關於自我身份、家庭秘密以及初戀的夏日之旅，而這正是Sarah Dessen最擅長之處！」——美國圖書館協會《書單》雜誌（ALA Booklist）
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　　紐約時報暢銷書作家、《千頭萬緒》（How to deal）、《單車上的夏天》Along for the Ride作者莎拉．迪森（Sarah Dessen）最新作品！十七歲的她在一場夏日之旅中，意外發現自己的另外一個身份，在結束這場旅程時，她還會是原來的那個我嗎？
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　　十七歲的艾瑪不太記得母親的事，畢竟媽媽在她十歲時就已經過世了。現在艾瑪和父親相依為命，生活一直是這麼的平淡無奇……直到父親決定再婚，艾瑪突然發現自己必須在父親度蜜月的這三個星期，搬到媽媽的老家，與久未謀面的親戚一起住，外婆、表哥、表弟，這些人她已經好久沒見過了。
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　　外婆一家在North Lake經營廉價汽車旅館，漸漸地艾瑪發現，North Lake這個地方有兩個截然不同的社群。她的媽媽在North Lake的工人階級裡長大，爸爸卻屬於富裕的那一邊城鎮。艾瑪在North Lake度過的時間越多，越覺得自己被分成了兩個人，對爸爸來說她是艾瑪，但對媽媽的親戚來說，她叫莎勒，她的母親一直是這樣叫她的。
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　　然後她還認識了一個叫做Roo的男孩，Roo知道艾瑪家族的大小事，他也幫助艾瑪拼湊出過去的事情。艾瑪發現，她越來越被North Lake這個地方吸引，但當父親回來，要求艾瑪搬回North Lake的另一邊城鎮時，艾瑪的歸屬感被打亂了。對艾瑪來說，她像來到了一個全新的世界，但等到必須回家的時候，艾瑪與莎勒，誰會是留下來的那一個？（文／博客來編譯）
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn''t seen since she was a little girl--and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.

Emma Saylor doesn''t remember a lot about her mother, who died when Emma was twelve. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges.

Now it''s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable...until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother''s family that she hasn''t seen since she was a little girl.

When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is also divided into two people. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.

Then there''s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family''s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It''s hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake--and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo''s spell as well.

For Saylor, it''s like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when it''s time to go back home, which side of her--Emma or Saylor--will win out?