One Italian Summer

　　濃厚而細膩的母女之情，溫暖了每一個曾經失去摯愛的人
　　在世界最美的海岸上，沈浸在喪母之痛的Katy將奇蹟似的與年輕時的母親重聚
 
　　Carol對Katy而言，與其說是母親，更像是最親的閨蜜，還是她手機裡天字第一號的常用聯絡人，有任何問題找母親就一定可以解決。而且她們近期還預計來一場一生一次的母女之旅，地點就選在義大利南部的波西塔諾，這裡除了擁有全世界最美海岸線，也同時是Carol遇見Katy父親前，度過最後一個單身夏日，別具意義的小鎮。母女倆計畫了好多年，卻在動身前夕，Carol竟告別了人世，獨留愛女Katy完成未竟之旅。
 
　　強忍著內心的悲痛，Katy還是踏上了這場冒險。當她雙腳一踩上美麗的阿瑪菲海岸，日光絢爛地折射在海上的風景、壯觀的懸崖峭壁、親切的居民和精緻的美食，這裡一切的美好都能讓她感受到母親彷彿就陪伴在自己身邊，Katy的生活似乎也漸漸重回軌道。沒想到，「母親的陪伴」原來竟非感受，而是活生生、健健康康、帶著被曬成古銅肌的母親真的出現了，而且還是年僅30歲的Carol！Katy不知道自己到底是在作夢，還是老天讓奇蹟降臨在她面前，她只知道母親回到自己身邊了。如夢似幻的義大利之行，Katy將更深入了解成為母親前的Carol，或許這將打破自己對母親的所有認知…另外，Katy也遇到一個令人難預測的男子，對比再不能給予自己任何驚喜的丈夫，她又將如何重新看待這段並不美滿的婚姻？

　　(文／博客來外文館)

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

＂[A] magical trip worth taking.＂ --Associated Press

＂Rebecca Serle is a maestro of love in all its forms.＂ --Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author

The New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years returns with a powerful novel about the transformational love between mothers and daughters set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.

When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy’s father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone.

But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother’s spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and, of course, delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life.

And then Carol appears--in the flesh, healthy, sun-tanned, and thirty years old. Katy doesn’t understand what is happening, or how--all she can focus on is that she has somehow, impossibly, gotten her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman before her. She is not exactly who Katy imagined she might be, however, and soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue.

Rebecca Serle’s next great love story is here, and this time it’s between a mother and a daughter. With her signature ＂heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic＂ (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author) prose, Serle has crafted a transcendent novel about how we move on after loss, and how the people we love never truly leave us.

Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years, The Dinner List, and the young adult novels The Edge of Falling and When You Were Mine. Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based on her YA series of the same name. She is a graduate of USC and The New School and lives in Los Angeles. Find out more at RebeccaSerle.com.