內容簡介
永遠的狄家
永恆的生命，是一份祝福？還是是一道詛咒？
《永遠的狄家》被譽為永垂不朽的經典小說。芭比特以優美的敘述，緩緩鋪陳出關於長生不老的奇幻故事：在汩汩流動的森林泉水前，維妮遇見了誤飲泉水而長生不老的狄家人，意想不到的旅程啟發她思索何謂永恆的生命；在永生和死亡面前，維妮該如何抉擇？
《永遠的狄家》是芭比特最受歡迎的故事，也是她最希望被大眾閱讀的作品，「長生不老」的主題始終吸引著全世界大小讀者。
Doomed to―or blessed with―eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.
作者介紹
奈特莉．芭比特（Natalie Babbitt）
1975年所出版的經典小說《永遠的狄家》，讓芭比特成為當代最受讚賞的兒童文學作家之一，作品以神話、童話或民間傳說等傳統素材為基底。她運用豐富的想像力，透過洗鍊卻細膩的文字敘述，創作出富有深刻人文關懷的故事，引領讀者探索那些「沒有解答」卻至關重要的生命課題。
作品包括獲得紐伯瑞文學獎的《尼瑙克山探險》（Knee-knock Rise），以及《魔鬼的故事》（The Devil‘s Storybook）、《阿瑪麗麗絲號》（The Eyes of the Amaryllis）、《尋找美味》（The Search for Delicious）等。
A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, Kneeknock Rise and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of The Forty-ninth Magician, a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, established her gift for writing magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned her a Newbery Honor Medal, and in 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture. Natalie Babbitt lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and is a grandmother of three.
