The Voyage Home

The Voyage HomeBy: Pat Barker Series: The Women of Troy Series From the Booker Prize winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes the powerful third installment to the Women of Troy series. In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker skillfully reimagines Greek mythology, chronicling a perilous journey undertaken by the enslaved healer Ritsa and her cruel mistress Cassandra. "One of contemporary literature's most thoughtful and compelling writers." The Washington Post

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" - Matthew McManus

wondrous magic

Especially when fighting for the fate of the universe seems to consist mostly of finding fun new ways to get them all killed

“Mbue’s writing is warm and captivating

藝術，可以豐美生活，甚至可以改造一個人的未來。　　愛麗的爸爸是一位著名旅美大提琴家，生長在單親家庭的愛麗，從小就跟隨爸爸巡迴奔走，時常搬家、轉學，使她逐漸變得敏感而早熟，甚至封閉了自己的心靈。她覺得自己不需要任何東西和任何人，只要爸爸在，就足夠了。　　今年愛麗十一歲，她和爸爸回到爸爸的故鄉臺北，生活多了爺爺、奶奶的呵護，後來社區一位不識字的拾荒老婆婆，送給她一個舊娃娃屋、一把舊小提琴，愛麗透過整修娃娃屋找回自信，透過琴音重拾歡樂，兩人慢慢變成了忘年之交，老婆婆因為愛麗，完成了識字、知道書中故事的夢想；愛麗因為老婆婆，敞開心房，開啟了生命另一篇樂章，也讓她看到了面對未來、擁抱希望，是多麼美的一件事！　　愛麗雖然生活在良好家世的教養和薰陶下，但是在認識老婆婆前，她從未體認藝術的真實內涵與力量，她在老婆婆所撿拾的廢棄物和殘破書籍中，重新發揮創意，改造生活中的小物件，也同時改造了自己的未來。老婆婆生命的豐富性，成為小女孩照見自我生命價值的一面鏡子。

compassion and insight

In this warm and often laugh-out-loud novel

and sitting perfectly still

In the summer of 1955

The burgeoning canon of literary memoir

Though the grass may be greener on these privileged streets