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The Peacock Emporium

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電影《我就要你好好的》原著小說作者Jojo Moyes 2004年舊作重新印行。透過經營一家複合式咖啡店,蘇珊娜.皮考克終於和自己的過去和解。

30多歲的蘇珊娜,與丈夫面臨婚姻的瓶頸,她重回故鄉,開了一家賣咖啡也賣許多異國小物的複合式商店。故鄉對她來說,傷痛遠大於慰藉,全都是因為她那個聲名狼藉的生母Athene.

1960年代的Athene Foster總是人群中最耀眼的一顆星,她美麗奪目卻也自私任性,仗著自己的美為所欲為。有著貴族血統的Douglas在一次聚會中對Athene一見鍾情,兩人結為連理時,Athene的父母終於鬆了一口氣。但是金童玉女的婚姻維持不到兩年,就在Athene與人私奔,給家人留下難堪作為結束。

不多久,Douglas便再婚了。雖然第二任妻子將Suzanna視如己出,但是因為母親聲名狼藉的陰影,Suzanna過得並不快樂,對這個家沒有任何歸屬感,也感覺父親偏愛同父異母的手足,因為她的母親Athene對Douglas來說,就是痛苦的回憶。

30好幾的Suzanna也面臨婚姻的危機,為了轉移對婚姻問題的注意力,她決定實現兒時的夢想:開一家兼賣美麗獨特物品的咖啡店。在Jessie與Alejandro兩位新朋友的幫助下,Suzanna的心境有了改變。也在悲劇來襲時,理解到家人之愛與友誼的真正意義,於是決定著手將人生中散亂的拼圖一一黏合…。

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Jojo Moyes, the story of a young woman who finds new meaning in life after opening an eclectic shop and comes to terms with the secrets of her past

In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was also beautiful, spoiled, and out of control. When she agreed to marry the gorgeous young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme, her parents breathed a sigh of relief. But within two years, rumors had begun to circulate about Athene's affair with a young salesman.

Thirty-five years later, Suzanna Peacock is struggling with her notorious mother's legacy. The only place Suzanna finds comfort is in The Peacock Emporium, the beautiful coffee bar and shop she opens that soon enchants her little town. There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina.

The specter of her mother still haunts Suzanna. But only by confronting both her family and her innermost self will she finally reckon with the past--and discover that the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along.

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