Silent Night

Silent Night

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作者: Mary Higgins Clark 著

出版社: Pocket Books

出版时间: 1996-11

ISBN: 9780671000424

定价: 55.30

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 192页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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TheMid-Atlanticregionofferstravelersthecountry'sgreatestvarietyofsettings,fromtheruralcharmofPennsylvaniaDutchCountrytotheexcitementofNewYorkCity.Morethan275accommodationsinNewYork,Pennsylvania,NewJersey,Delaware,Maryland,Virginia,WestVirginia,andWashington,D.C.,arereviewed.

InNewYorkfortreatmentofhisfather'sleukemia,seven-year-oldBrianDornanseeshismother'swalletbeinglifted.DesperatetoretrievetheSt.Christophermedaltukedinside--whichhebelievestobeprotectinghisfather--Brianfollowsthethiefintothesubway,andintothemostdangerousadventureofhisyounglife. MorebythisAuthor
MaryHigginsClark
MaryHigginsClarklikestodelveintodifferentworldsinhercrackerjacknovelsofsuspense;butwhilethemilieuschange,herstoriesarealwayscompelling.Assheputsit:"Iwriteaboutpeoplegoingabouttheirdailylives,notlookingfortrouble,whoaresuddenlyplungedintomenacingsituations."

Biography
TheQueenofSuspense,Bronx-bornand-bredMaryHigginsClarkhasachievedinternationalsuccessagainstheavyodds.Herfatherdiedwhenshewas11,andhermotherstruggledtoraiseandprovideforMaryandhertwobrothers.ClarkattendedsecretarialschoolafterhighschoolandworkedforthreeyearsinanadvertisingagencybeforeleavingtobecomeastewardessforPanAmericanAirlines.Throughout1949,sheflewinternationalflightstoEurope,Africa,andAsia."IwasinarevolutioninSyriaandonthelastflightintoCzechoslovakiabeforetheIronCurtainwentdown,"sherecalls.In1950,shequitherjobtomarryWarrenClark,aneighbornineyearsherseniorwhomshehadknownandadmiredsinceshewas16.Intheearlyyearsofhermarriage,Clarkbeganwritingshortstories,makingherfirstsalein1956toExtensionMagazine.Betweenwritingandraisingafamily,thedecadeflewby.Then,in1964,WarrenClarksufferedafatalheartattack,leavinghisyoungwidowwithfivechildrentosupport.Shewenttoworkwritingradioscripts;and,aroundthistime,shedecidedtotryherhandatwritingbooks.Inspiredbyaradioseriesshewasworkingon,shedraftedabiographicalnovelaboutGeorgeWashington.Itwaspublishedin1969underthetitleAspiretotheHeavens.(In2002,itwasre-issuedasMountVernonLoveStory.)Herfirstsuspensenovel,WhereAretheChildren?,appearedinprintin1975.Itwasahugehitandmarkedaturningpointinherlife.Sincethen,shehasdevelopedaloyalfanbase,andeachofhernovelshashitthebestsellerlists.Shehasalsoco-writtenstoriesandnovelswithherdaughterCarol,asuccessfulauthorinherownright.Inthe1970s,ClarkenrolledinFordhamUniversityatLincolnCenter,graduatingsummacumlaudein1979.Agreatsupporterofeducation,shehasservedasatrusteeofheralmamaterandProvidenceCollegeandholdsnumeroushonorarydegrees.SheremainsactiveinCatholicaffairsandhasbeenhonoredwithmanyawards.Herpublisher,Simon&Schuster,fundsanannualawardinhernametobegiventoauthorsofsuspensefictionwritingintheMaryHigginsClarktradition.
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TheMid-Atlanticregionofferstravelersthecountry'sgreatestvarietyofsettings,fromtheruralcharmofPennsylvaniaDutchCountrytotheexcitementofNewYorkCity.Morethan275accommodationsinNewYork,Pennsylvania,NewJersey,Delaware,Maryland,Virginia,WestVirginia,andWashington,D.C.,arereviewed.

InNewYorkfortreatmentofhisfather'sleukemia,seven-year-oldBrianDornanseeshismother'swalletbeinglifted.DesperatetoretrievetheSt.Christophermedaltukedinside--whichhebelievestobeprotectinghisfather--Brianfollowsthethiefintothesubway,andintothemostdangerousadventureofhisyounglife.
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MorebythisAuthor
MaryHigginsClark
MaryHigginsClarklikestodelveintodifferentworldsinhercrackerjacknovelsofsuspense;butwhilethemilieuschange,herstoriesarealwayscompelling.Assheputsit:"Iwriteaboutpeoplegoingabouttheirdailylives,notlookingfortrouble,whoaresuddenlyplungedintomenacingsituations."

Biography
TheQueenofSuspense,Bronx-bornand-bredMaryHigginsClarkhasachievedinternationalsuccessagainstheavyodds.Herfatherdiedwhenshewas11,andhermotherstruggledtoraiseandprovideforMaryandhertwobrothers.ClarkattendedsecretarialschoolafterhighschoolandworkedforthreeyearsinanadvertisingagencybeforeleavingtobecomeastewardessforPanAmericanAirlines.Throughout1949,sheflewinternationalflightstoEurope,Africa,andAsia."IwasinarevolutioninSyriaandonthelastflightintoCzechoslovakiabeforetheIronCurtainwentdown,"sherecalls.In1950,shequitherjobtomarryWarrenClark,aneighbornineyearsherseniorwhomshehadknownandadmiredsinceshewas16.Intheearlyyearsofhermarriage,Clarkbeganwritingshortstories,makingherfirstsalein1956toExtensionMagazine.Betweenwritingandraisingafamily,thedecadeflewby.Then,in1964,WarrenClarksufferedafatalheartattack,leavinghisyoungwidowwithfivechildrentosupport.Shewenttoworkwritingradioscripts;and,aroundthistime,shedecidedtotryherhandatwritingbooks.Inspiredbyaradioseriesshewasworkingon,shedraftedabiographicalnovelaboutGeorgeWashington.Itwaspublishedin1969underthetitleAspiretotheHeavens.(In2002,itwasre-issuedasMountVernonLoveStory.)Herfirstsuspensenovel,WhereAretheChildren?,appearedinprintin1975.Itwasahugehitandmarkedaturningpointinherlife.Sincethen,shehasdevelopedaloyalfanbase,andeachofhernovelshashitthebestsellerlists.Shehasalsoco-writtenstoriesandnovelswithherdaughterCarol,asuccessfulauthorinherownright.Inthe1970s,ClarkenrolledinFordhamUniversityatLincolnCenter,graduatingsummacumlaudein1979.Agreatsupporterofeducation,shehasservedasatrusteeofheralmamaterandProvidenceCollegeandholdsnumeroushonorarydegrees.SheremainsactiveinCatholicaffairsandhasbeenhonoredwithmanyawards.Herpublisher,Simon&Schuster,fundsanannualawardinhernametobegiventoauthorsofsuspensefictionwritingintheMaryHigginsClarktradition.

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