In the playful tradition of The Time Traveler’s Wife comes an enchanting story about love in its many forms, and a man’s timeless journey into the unknowable territory of the woman he loves. From the moment they first sleep together -- piled atop seven mattresses in her dorm room -- N. is pulled ineluctably into a rich and enchanted relationship with Margaret Towne, a woman who will introduce him to worlds he never dreamed existed. Written as a final letter from N. to his young daughter, Jane, Margarettown recounts the story of his relationship with Margaret. Margaret Towne is the name of the woman he loves and of the town she introduces him to, Margarettown. It is a place both real and imagined, located somewhere in upstate New York and home to a mysterious "family" of women named Old Margaret, Marge, Mia, Maggie, and May. In this strange and fantastical place, N. and Margaret become joined forever. Margarettown is a story of what it takes to love the same person for a lifetime and about the impossibility of really knowing anything about who it is we have come to love.

加布瑞埃拉·澤文 (Gabrielle Zevin ，1977— )

美國作傢、電影劇本編劇，《島上書店》作者。年輕並極富魅力，深愛閱讀與創作，為《紐約時報書評》撰稿，現居洛杉磯。

畢業於哈佛大學英美文學係，已經齣版瞭八本小說、作品被翻譯成二十多種語言。她的第八本小說《島上書店》在2014年以史無前例的最高票數，獲選美國獨立書商選書第一名。