Us (英國版)

《真愛每一天 One Day》作者最新作品、榮獲2014曼布克獎。

「我最期待的是能與你一起白頭到老。」Douglas知道妻子Connie的人生需要再次「探索自己」，原本他打算在兒子搬出去念大學後再和她一起走過這段「探索之旅」，沒想到Connie卻決定也要離開這個家。Douglas驚訝之餘想出個「家族旅行」的計畫，期望能抓回Connie的心之外，也能贏得兒子的尊敬。一切都安排好了，還會有什麼差錯嗎？

大衛．尼克斯這次帶來更深沉的愛與議題，我們每個人在人生的路途上都可能遇到的角色問題，作為父母、子女、夫妻，在不同階段都有不同的心境和責任。

主角Douglas同時身為父親和丈夫的角色，在前半局卻無法控制整個家往破碎的方向導去，看看他在後半場如何找回自己在這個家的角色定位，並同時贏回 Connie的心和兒子的尊敬。一本溫馨的家庭喜劇，其中的溫暖等你來發現。


The Man Booker Prize-longlisted follow-up to the multimillion-copy bestselling ONE DAY. Jojo Moyes says, 'I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After.'

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. 'I was looking forward to us growing old together. Me and you, growing old and dying together.' 'Douglas, who in their right mind would look forward to that?' Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?

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David Nicholls trained as an actor before making the switch to writing. His TV credits include the third series of Cold Feet, Rescue Me, and I Saw You, as well as a much-praised modern version of Much Ado About Nothing and an adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles, both for BBC TV. His most recent script for television was the BBC drama The 7:39, starring Olivia Colman and David Morrissey. David has continued to write for film and TV as well as writing novels, and he has twice been nominated for BAFTA awards.

David's bestselling first novel, Starter for Ten, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in 2004, and David has written the screenplays for film versions of both Starter for Ten (released in 2006, starring James McAvoy) and The Understudy (not yet released).

David Nicholls' third novel, One Day, was published in hardback in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim, and stayed in the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list for ten weeks on publication. It has since gone on to sell over two and a half million copies and has been translated into thirty-seven languages. One Day won the 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year Award. David wrote the screenplay for Lone Scherfig's film adaptation starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway, which was released in 2010.

"I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After."

"Wonderful. A novel that manages to be both truly hilarious and deeply affecting. I loved it."

"A wrenching examination of a journey through Europe that goes terribly wrong and a consideration of what it means to be a parent today."

"As many emotions as air miles"

"Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love, this time about a type of relationship often neglected as unsexy - the long-married couple. Yet greater longevity, female economic independence and the baby-boomer sense of entitlement to perpetual happiness has led to a spike in fiftysomething divorces. Long marriages are no longer seen as becalmed seas, albeit with chilly, hidden depths, but in as constant flux as younger partnerships. Nicholls has demographics on his side, along with his wry, plaintive but ever hopeful words."