This Is Not a Book about Benedict Cumberbatch: A Memoir

 
　　我要再三強調，本書內容完全跟康柏拜區無關，呃，好吧，也不是完完全全沒有關係啦。
 
　　塔碧莎在有了兩個小孩，成為新手媽媽的那個年紀，徹底迷上了班奈狄克．康柏拜區。你知道的，又迷人又怪異，演出了史上最性感福爾摩斯的那位男演員。這位新手媽媽瘋狂迷上囤一堆沒用的康柏拜區周邊小物(印上臉的那種)，把他出演過的影集和電影看了一遍又一遍，甚至開始學習如何在網路上找到志同道合的粉絲們。
 
　　她對這位男演員熱愛，讓塔碧莎身邊的親友──甚至是她自己，都感覺到驚訝無比。然而塔碧莎也察覺到，真正讓她著迷、忍不住投注全副精力的，事實上並不是演員本身，而是處在迷失了自我身分的階段，終於又能夠重新熱愛、追求一件事物的熱情。
 
　　回顧長大成人，甚至為人父母後的日子，我們心中那塊赤子之誠、純粹喜歡一件事物的能力，似乎被日常無限壓縮。誰說在柴米油鹽醬醋茶的日子中，我們就必須放棄熱愛一件事的能力呢？塔碧莎在本書中分享她的追星之路，帶我們一窺粉絲的世界，看見迷妹迷弟們的網路社群互動，甚至是在真實世界中建立起的聯繫。但更重要的是，塔碧莎拋出提問：如果大家能夠像年幼時那樣，單純地、無所畏懼地追求自己所愛，那麼結果會如何呢？不如試著解放內心的束縛，努力追求自己真正熱愛的事物吧！(文/博客來編譯)

Why We Can’t Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman’s midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be.

Tabitha Carvan was a new mother, at home with two young children, when she fell for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch. You know the guy: strange name, alien face, made Sherlock so sexy that it became one of the most streamed shows in the world? The force of her fixation took everyone--especially Carvan herself--by surprise. But what she slowly realized was that her preoccupation was not about Benedict Cumberbatch at all, as dashing as he might be. It was about finally feeling passionate about something, anything, again at a point in her life when she had lost touch with her own identity and sense of self.

In This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, Carvan explores what happens to women’s desires after we leave adolescence...and why the space in our lives for pure, unadulterated joy is squeezed ever smaller as we age. She shines a light onto the hidden corners of fandom, from the passion of the online communities to the profound real-world connections forged between Cumberbatch devotees. But more importantly, she asks: what happens if we simply decide to follow our interests like we used to--unabashedly, audaciously, shamelessly? After all, Carvan realizes, there’s true, untapped power in finding your ＂thing＂ (even if that thing happens to be a British-born Marvel superhero) and loving it like your life depends on it.

Tabitha Carvan has written for publications such as The New York Post, Australian Geographic, Overland, Offbeat Home, The Outline, AsiaLIFE, and MamaMia, focusing on issues of identity, family, and pop culture. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch is her first book.