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T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY 王敏 T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY The Author The Summary The Plot My Appreciation T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY About Gabrielle Gabrielle Zevin (born on October 24, 1977, New York City) is the New York Times Best Selling author of eight novels. She is also a screenwriter and writes for book reviews of New York Times, young and charming. Zevin graduated from Harvard University in 2000 with a degree in English American Literature and lives in Los Angeles. T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY ? Her notable works: ? Elsewhere (2005) ? Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (2007) ? The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry (2014) In 2014, her eighth novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry , debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List. T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY ? In this book, the title of each chapter is a well-known book. ? Chapter1 《待宰的羔羊》 Lamb to the Slaughter ? Chapter2 《像里兹饭店那样的大钻石》 The Diamond as big as the Ritz ? Chapter3 《咆哮营的幸运儿》 The Luck of Roaring Camp ? Chapter4 《世界的感觉》 What Feel Like the World ? Chapter 5 《好人难寻》 A Good Man Is Hard to Find ? Chapter6 《卡拉威拉县驰名的跳蛙》 The Celebrating Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ? ... T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY C HARACTERS A.J Fikry — the owner of Island Books(a book store) Maya — A.J. Fikrys daughter Amelia — a commercial traveler of a press Nicole — A.J. Fikrys wife who passed way Ismay —Nicoles elder sister Daniel —Ismays husband Lambiase — a police officer in the island T HE S TORIED L IFE OF A.J. F IKRY S UMMARY A.J. Fikry, the grumpy owner of Island Books, is going through a hard time: his bookshop is failing, he has lost his beloved wife, and a prized rare first edition has been stolen. But one day A.J. finds two-year-old Maya sitting on the bookshop floor, with a note attached to h