The Kissing Garden

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charlotte Bingham 著
• 出版社 Bantam Books
• 出版时间 1999-08
• ISBN 9780553507171
• 定价 78.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 624页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Aschildren,GeorgeDashwoodandAmeliaDennisonlovedtoroamtheSussexDownsincompanywiththeirdogs,andjustastheirtwoverydifferentfamilieswerefriends,sotoowerethey,untiltheyarecaughtinathunderstorm.Shelteringfromtheelements,thenowmatureGeorgerealizesthatwhathefeelsforAmeliaismorethanfriendship.Butitis1914andthedeclarationofwarcutsacrossanyromanticplansthatthetwomighthave.GeorgeisawayattheFrontforfouryears,andwhenthemiraclehappensandhereturnshomesafely,itseemstoAmeliaandtobothoftheirfamiliesthatalltheyhavetodoistomarry.ButAmeliaquicklyrealizesthattheGeorgeshelovedasachildhasgone.Ameliaknowsnothingaboutmarriage.ShelovesGeorgebutshecannotgetGeorgetoloveher.Itisn’tuntiltheyaretouringtheWestCountryandtheycomeacrossanoldruinedpriorywithamagicalatmospherewhichtheydecidetobuythattheirchanceforhappinessbecomesareality.Itishere,finally,inapartofthegroundswhichcomestobeknownastheKissingGarden,thattheyfinallyfindlovetogether.

【作者简介】

CharlotteBinghamcomesfromaliteraryfamily–herfathersoldastorytoH.G.Wellswhenhewasonlyseventeen–andCharlottewroteherautobiography,CORONETAMONGTHEWEEDS,attheageofnineteen.Sincethen,shehaswrittencomedyanddramaseries,filmsandplaysforbothEnglandandAmericawithherhusband,theactorandplaywrightTerenceBrady.HerpublishednovelsincludethehighlyacclaimedbestsellersSUMMERTIME,THESEASON,THEBLUENOTE,THELOVEKNOT,THEKISSINGGARDEN,LOVESONG,TOHEARANIGHTINGALE,THEBUSINESS,INSUNSHINEORINSHADOW,STARDUST,NANNY,CHANGEOFHEART,DEBUTANTES,THENIGHTINGALESINGS,GRANDAFFAIR,THECHESTNUTTREE,THEWINDOFFTHESEA,THEMOONATMIDNIGHT,DAUGHTERSOFEDEN,THEHOUSEOFFLOWERS,THEMAGICHOUR,FRIDAY'SGIRL,INDISTANTFIELDSandTHEWHITEMARRIAGE.