《My Mrs. Brown A Novel》是Simon & Schuster出版的圖書，作者是William Norwich。
基本介紹
- 中文名：My Mrs. Brown A Novel
- 作者：William Norwich
- 出版社：Simon & Schuster
- ISBN：9781442386075
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
From William Norwich， the well-known fashion writer and editor， an unforgettable novel about a woman with a secret who travels to New York City on a determined quest to buy a special dress that represents everything she wants to say about that secret…and herself.
Sometimes a dress isn’t just a dress.
Emilia Brown is a woman of a certain age. She has spent a frugal， useful， and wholly restrained life in Ashville， a small town in Rhode Island. Overlooked especially by the industries of fashion and media， Mrs. Brown is one of today’s silent generations of women whose quiet no-frills existences would make them seem invisible. She is a genteel woman who has known her share of personal sorrows and quietly carried on， who makes a modest living cleaning and running errands at the local beauty parlor， who delights in evening chats with her much younger neighbor， twenty-three-year-old Alice Danvers.
When the grand dame of Ashville passes away， Mrs. Brown is called upon to inventory her estate and comes across a dress that changes everything. The dress isn’t a Cinderella confection; it’s a simple yet exquisitely tailored Oscar de la Renta sheath and jacket—a suit that Mrs. Brown realizes， with startling clarity， will say everything she has ever wished to convey. She must have it. And so， like the inspired heroine of Paul Gallico’s 1958 classic Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris， Mrs. Brown begins her odyssey to purchase the dress. For not only is the owning of the Oscar de la Renta a must， the intimidating trip to purchase it on Madison Avenue is essential as well. If the dress is to give Mrs. Brown a voice， then she must prepare by making the daunting journey—both to the emerald city and within herself.
Timeless， poignant， and appealing， My Mrs. Brown is a novel for every mother in the world， every woman who ever wanted the perfect dress， and every child who wanted to give it to her.
作者簡介
William Norwich is a writer, editor, and video and television reporter. He is the author of the novels My Mrs. Brown and Learning to Drive as well as the children’s book Molly and the Magic Dress. Norwich also has written introductions and essays for many pictorial books. Currently the editor for fashion and interior design at Phaidon Press, he has also written and edited for The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, and New York magazine. Norwich is a graduate of the writing program at Columbia University (MFA), Hampshire College (BA), and the Pomfret School. He lives in New York City.,
