Книга: The Book of Tomorrow / Волшебный дневник
Автор: Cecelia Ahern / Сесилия Ахерн
Издательство: HarperCollins
Язык: English / Aнглийский
ISBN: 0007233701
Год издания: 2009
Страниц: 193
Формат: pdf
Размер: 1.22 Mb

The magical new novel from number one bestseller Cecelia Ahern. Tamara Goodwin has always got everything she's ever wanted. Born into a family of wealth, she grew up in a mansion with its own private beach, a wardrobe full of designer clothes and all that a girl could ever wish for. She's always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow. But then suddenly her dad is gone and life for Tamara and her mother changes forever. Left with a mountain of debt, they have no choice but to sell everything they own and move to the country. Nestled next to Kilsaney Castle, their gatehouse is a world away from Tamara's childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin.When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its core. 

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Новый бестселлер от Сесилии Ахерн "The Book of Tomorrow / Книга завтрашнего дня", вышедший в России под названием "Волшебный дневник". Шестнадцатилетняя Тамара Гудвин, единственная дочь обеспеченных родителей, не знает ни в чем отказа и ни на минуту не задумывается о будущем. Но трагическое событие, самоубийство отца, утратившего все семейное состояние, включая роскошный дом в Дублине, и потому решившегося на столь крайнюю меру, вынуждает девушку вместе с заболевшей от горя матерью покинуть город и переехать в деревню к родственникам. Лишившись друзей и любимых занятий, Тамара скучает в глуши, не зная, чем себя занять. Но появление в деревне передвижной библиотеки и знакомство с ее хозяином, подарившим девушке обладающую волшебными свойствами книгу, помогает ей не только повзрослеть, но и обрести иные жизненные ценности.

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They say a story loses something with each telling. If that is the case, this story has lost nothing, for it’s
the first time it’s been told.
This story is one for which some people will have to suspend their disbelief. If I wasn’t me and this
wasn’t happening to me, I would be one of those people.
Many won’t struggle to believe it, though, for their minds have been opened; unlocked by whatever
kind of key causes people to believe. Those people are either born that way or, as babies, when their
minds are like little buds, they are nurtured until their petals slowly open and prepare for the very nature
of life to feed them. As the rain falls and the sun shines, they grow, grow, grow; minds so open, they go
through life aware and accepting, seeing light where there’s dark, seeing possibility in dead ends, tasting
victory as others spit out failure, questioning when others accept. Just a little less jaded, a little less
cynical. A little less likely to throw in the towel. Some people’s minds open later in life, through tragedy
or triumph. Either thing acting as the key to unlatch and lift the lid on that know-it-all box, to accept the
unknown, to say goodbye to pragmatism and straight lines.