AFTER LIFE

描述

一個春天的下午，放學後，Amber 騎著自行車回家。這只不過是另一個極為普通的日子。但當 Amber 的媽媽看到她時，她尖叫起來。因為 Amber 七年前就過世了，當時她騎的就是現在莫名其妙騎的那輛腳踏車，被車撞了。

這部由著名作家蓋爾·福爾曼創作的宏偉傑作巧妙地探索了生與死之間的薄紗，探討了一個人對世界的影響，並讚美了生命的所有美麗與複雜性。

One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It’s just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber’s mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she’s inexplicably riding now. This return doesn’t only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber’s estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber’s friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone’s turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she? How and why was she given this second chance?

This magnificent tour de force by acclaimed author Gayle Forman brilliantly explores the porous veil between life and death, examines the impact that one person can have on the world, and celebrates life in all its beautiful complexity.