🏆入圍 2025 年布克獎決選名單！
當子女長大離家後，人生還剩下什麼？
湯姆得知老婆外遇後，他決定在女兒成年後立刻和她離婚。12年後，湯姆帶著女兒前往匹茲堡的大學路上，他想起了當初的決定。和女兒道別後，他一路向西前行。
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 是一部令人難忘的公路旅行故事，作者 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘴 透過優雅細緻的筆觸探索了長期婚姻的細微之處與其複雜性。
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025
An Observer ‘Novel to look out for in 2025’ and an FT ‘Best Summer Read’
‘Moving, smart and life-affirming.’ Observer
‘Why aren’t all novels like this?’The Critic
‘A triumphant twist on the great American road novel.’ Guardian
‘So funny, wise and knowing.’ Clare Chambers
What’s left when your kids grow up and leave home?
When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later, while taking her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact, and keeps driving West.
An unforgettable road trip novel, The Rest of Our Lives beautifully explores the nuance and complications of a long-term marriage.
