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改變命運的那個夏天，改變命運的那個人……
Charlie是那種畢業照裡會有點認不太出來的人，學校成績也不怎麼樣，回到家裡，雖然應該還是受到家人照顧的年紀，他卻要擔負起照顧父親的責任，如果想起未來的規劃，Charlie只能看到到乾枯的生活。
1997年，Charlie滿16歲的那年，渴望著改變的他想著，要讓生活徹底不同，愛上某個人應該比找出殺人兇手還要簡單得多，千金小姐Fran也就在這時出現在他的生活中，Charlie竟然開始對未來有了期望。
但若是Charlie想要和Fran在一起，他必須完成一項挑戰，也就是加入「The Company」，這個決定會讓他變成完全不一樣的人，甚至有可能丟失好兄弟對他的尊敬。
然而有了期望，Charlie卻必須拿出最珍貴的東西來交換。
One Day 暢銷作家David
Nicholls 第五本小說，重回One Day中的懷舊氛圍，有趣、感人的故事情節，講述長大成人的艱困和家庭生活帶來的困惑，以及友情和初戀的強大力道。
One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare. Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out. 'Such a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced.' Graham Norton 'He's such a genius. His novels are relatable and recognizable, but also surprising, breath-taking and life-enhancing' Nina Stibbe
