From Publishers Weekly When she became a volunteer for Older Corps, an organization in Los Angeles that arranges visits for the elderly in nursing homes, Komaiko, a 44-year-old children's book author (Annie Bananie, etc.), was motivated by a desire to overcome her pervasive fear of aging. She was assigned to visit Adele, a 93-year-old blind resident who was alert and in relatively good health, but who spent most of her days lonely and longing for conversation. Over the course of about a year, their visits increased from once to several times a week as the friendship between the two women deepened. Komaiko is best at bringing to life Adele's independent mind and her determination to wrest as much life as possible out of her remaining days, as well as at pinpointing the aspects of nursing home life that worked against Adele's fighting spirit. She recounts how Adele was confined to her room without company for weeks because she was diagnosed with scabies and the nursing home physician was on vacation in Palm Springs. Unfortunately, Komaiko devotes too much of this memoir to unconvincing ruminations on her own personal life and how contact with Adele changed her for the better. The saccharine final anecdote, in which Adele meets Komaiko's family and her new boyfriend at a party at her home, is perhaps more appropriate to children's literature. Though everyone, apparently, lives happily ever after, this is not often the case in nursing homes according to the author's own account. Agent, Patti Breitman. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Komaiko, a best-selling children's author, here jumps into the adult market. Feeling old and burned out in the fast-paced world of L.A., she decided to volunteer for Elder Corps, an organization that matches companions with the elderly in nursing homes. Komaiko was matched with Adele, a 93-year-old blind woman. At the age of 90, Adele (with her children) had moved across country from New Jersey to Southern California to escape East Coast winters. One daughter died from the strain of the move, one daughter moved to Billings, MT, and her son moved to Reno. Adele was moved to the California Chateau nursing center. After much apprehension on Komaiko's part, their one-hour weekly visit turned into several visits per week, and Adele became an integral part of Komaiko's life, even with a 50-year age difference. A feel-good book for people who enjoyed Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie (Doubleday, 1997).ALisa S. Wise, Broome Cty. P.L., Binghamton, NY Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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这本书的封面设计就一下子抓住了我的眼球,那种带着岁月沉淀感的色彩搭配,以及字体排版的精致考究,让人忍不住想一探究竟。我最近的心情其实有点低落,总觉得生活似乎进入了一个平淡的循环,缺少了点什么新鲜的刺激和深度的思考。阅读这本书的初衷,其实更多的是想找点慰藉,或者至少是找到一些能让我暂时逃离现实的小小窗口。刚翻开前几页的时候,我还在担心它会不会是那种老生常谈的“心灵鸡汤”,充满了空泛的鼓励,但很快我就发现我想多了。作者的笔触极其细腻,每一个场景的描绘都仿佛是直接发生在眼前,那种对日常细节的捕捉能力,简直让人惊叹。比如她描述清晨厨房里阳光洒下的那一刻,空气中漂浮的微尘,那种宁静而又充满生机的画面感,让我几乎能闻到咖啡的香气。这种对“在场感”的营造,是很多作家难以企及的高度。更让我欣赏的是,作者似乎并不急于抛出什么宏大的主题,而是像一个老朋友那样,慢慢地把我们带入她的世界,让我们自己去体会那些细微的情感波动,那种不着痕迹的引导,高明极了。我期待接下来的篇幅能继续保持这种水准,给我带来更多沉浸式的阅读体验,而不是仅仅停留在故事的表面。这本书的气质,很像一壶需要时间慢慢品味的陈年佳酿,初尝可能平淡,细品方知其醇厚。
评分读完一部分后,我开始思考这本书的“温度”。它绝不是那种冷冰冰的记录,而是充满了人性的体温和关怀。作者似乎有一种神奇的能力,可以将生活中的粗粝和瑕疵,通过她的笔触打磨成一种温润的光泽,让那些曾经的痛楚和遗憾,都转化成了理解和力量的源泉。我感觉,无论是书中哪个年龄段的角色,他们所经历的迷茫和探索,都是人类共同的精神图谱的一部分。这本书在处理“时间流逝带来的不可避免的疏离”这一主题时,表现得尤为成熟和动人。它没有试图去抗拒时间的洪流,而是教导读者如何与时间共舞,如何在变迁中寻找不变的连接点。这种对生命本质的深刻洞察,是通过大量生活化的细节支撑起来的,而不是空洞的说教。它让我重新审视自己身边那些看似理所当然的关系,并意识到,真正的联结往往是在那些不经意间建立起来的。这本书的价值,在于它提供了一个可以让我们停下来,重新校准自己内心坐标的机会,非常值得细细品味。
评分我向来对那种跨越年龄界限的叙事抱有极大的兴趣,总觉得不同年代的人,即使面对相同的人生议题,其处理方式和内在逻辑也会产生奇妙的化学反应。这本书的题目本身就带着一种引人深思的哲学意味,让人不禁要去探究“成长”与“永恒”之间的辩证关系。在阅读过程中,我发现作者在处理不同代际视角时,运用了一种非常巧妙的“对比与呼应”手法。她不是简单地罗列出两代人的生活方式差异,而是通过一些关键的人生节点,比如面对选择、处理失落、庆祝成功时,展现出那种既相似又迥异的内心世界。这种叙事结构,给我带来了强烈的代入感,即使我自身的年龄和书中人物有所不同,也能在其中找到共鸣的切口。特别是那些关于“自我认同”的挣扎部分,无论是在青涩的摸索阶段,还是在经验积累后的再定义阶段,那种对“我是谁”的追问,似乎是人类永恒的课题。我特别喜欢作者在描述情感转折时所展现出的那种克制与爆发力的平衡,没有过度煽情,却能轻易地触动人心最柔软的部分。这本书的节奏感把握得非常好,时而舒缓如散文,时而紧凑如内心独白,让人欲罢不能。
评分这本书的文字风格非常独特,有一种难以言喻的“音乐性”。我不是指押韵或韵律上的东西,而是指它句子之间的流动性和内在的节奏感。读起来非常顺畅,即使有些段落描述的是非常复杂或沉重的内心活动,文字本身却像水流一样自然地引导着读者的思绪向前。我特别欣赏作者在遣词造句上的精准度,她总能找到那个最恰当、最不落俗套的词语来表达那种转瞬即逝的情绪,避免了陈词滥调的陷阱。这使得阅读体验变得高度愉悦,几乎可以称得上是一种享受。此外,书中对“成长”这一概念的拆解也极其到位。它打破了传统观念中成长是单向线性的叙事,反而呈现出一种螺旋上升,甚至有时是原地打转的状态。这种真实感,恰恰是很多理想化叙事所缺失的。它承认了反复、承认了回归起点,也肯定了每一次的“重新开始”所蕴含的意义。这种对生命复杂性的包容态度,让我感觉这本书不仅是一本小说或回忆录,更像是一次深刻的心灵对话,让人在阅读结束后依然久久不能平静。
评分说实话,我挑选这本书时,其实是带着一种比较审慎的态度进入的,毕竟市面上的“友谊”主题作品实在太多了,很容易陷入俗套。但这本书真正吸引我的地方,在于它对“时间”这个无形变量的深刻刻画。它不仅仅是记录了两个个体生命的故事,更像是在构建一个关于时间维度的微观宇宙。我注意到作者在描述同一场景或同一段经历时,会不自觉地将不同时间点的感悟叠加起来,那种复调式的叙事,极大地丰富了文本的层次感。这种结构上的创新,让阅读过程充满了“发现”的乐趣,仿佛你每读一页,都在解开一层关于记忆和感知的迷雾。而且,书中那些对日常细节的描摹,远超出了单纯的背景交代,它们成为了情感的载体和时间流逝的物证。比如某件旧物的被遗忘与重拾,某处风景在不同季节里的面貌变化,这些看似微不足道的片段,被作者赋予了强大的情感重量。这种对“当下”的珍视,以及对“过去”的温柔回望,让这本书的整体基调显得既温暖又富有哲思,完全不是那种轻飘飘的消遣读物。
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