Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a starnger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune
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儿童文学作家和插图画家。出生于美国俄亥俄州。从小喜欢阅读童话和神话,并且受母亲的影响热爱绘画。曾在史密斯大学学习美术。婚后她为丈夫创作的童书《第四十九位魔术师》绘制插画,受到编辑鼓励而开始自写自画并尝试写小说,一写就是四十年。
1975年出版的《不老泉》让她备受赞赏,《纽约时报》评价她“毫无疑问是我们一位最有天赋和抱负的儿童文学作家”。这部经典小说获奖无数,并于1981年和2002年两度被改编成电影。
1971年,小说《尼瑙克山探险》获得纽伯瑞儿童文学银奖。
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人不能只活不死,所以我们这种生活不能算是活着。我们只是存在,就像路边的石头一样。”
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