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有时候,一生会因一瞬而改变。
12岁的夏天,玛莎收到了一份奇怪的礼物——车祸中过世的同学奥利弗的日记。在此之前,玛莎并不认识奥利弗,看过她的文字之后,玛莎发现自己和她是如此的相像,她们本可以成为朋友。这个念头让玛莎久久无法释怀,她决定为奥利弗——这个终生没有朋友的女孩做一些事,并在这个过程中找寻真正的自己。
《奥利弗的大海》探讨了青少年对人生道路的选择和对死亡谜题的好奇。奥利弗对我们来说是完全未知的,然而关于她的种种设想却一点点渗透进了主人公玛莎的生活。男孩,家人,对写作的热爱,以及把写作当成职业目标的困惑与不安,玛莎能一一应对,并最终成为自己想要成为的那个人么?
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Grade 5-8-As Martha and
her family prepare for their annual summer visit to New England,
the mother of her deceased classmate comes to their door. Olive
Barstow was killed by a car a month earlier, and the woman wants to
give Martha a page from her daughter''s journal. In this single
entry, the 12-year-old learns more about her shy classmate than she
ever knew: Olive also wanted to be a writer; she wanted to see the
ocean, just as Martha soon will; and she hoped to get to know
Martha Boyle as "she is the nicest person in my whole entire
class." Martha cannot recall anything specific she ever did to make
Olive think this, but she''s both touched and awed by their
commonalities. She also recognizes that if Olive can die, so can
she, so can anybody, a realization later intensified when Martha
herself nearly drowns. At the Cape, Martha is again reminded that
things in her life are changing. She experiences her first kiss,
her first betrayal, and the glimmer of a first real boyfriend, and
her relationship with Godbee, her elderly grandmother, allows her
to examine her intense feelings, aspirations, concerns, and growing
awareness of self and others. Rich characterizations move this
compelling novel to its satisfying and emotionally authentic
conclusion. Language is carefully formed, sometimes staccato,
sometimes eloquent, and always evocative to create an almost
breathtaking pace. Though Martha remains the focus, others around
her become equally realized, including Olive, to whom Martha
ultimately brings the ocean.
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