The Goddess Shines on America

A thick book of Harry Potter was held in the hands of Amy's mother.

"What a wonderful girl," said Mama to Papa. "Look, Jack, look at the thickness, look at the weight! Can you believe it, the author of this book is as big as Joanne!"

In the back seat of the car, Amy's sister was unhappy: "I said, Mom, can you stop comparing me with that Alice Wang? Is it annoying?"

This is the east of Los Angeles, and Amy's family is returning home from the bookstore. The parents sat in the front row, and the sisters in the back row were exactly twice the age difference. Joanne, a sophomore in high school, was almost bored. There was nothing more annoying than a child from someone else's family!

"Mother, mother! Show me now!"

Amy is also in a mood at the moment, she is the one who wants to read the book, how come after I bought it, my mother kept putting it away before I warmed it up?

"Let's read it when we get home." Amy's mother said, "Your father is driving the car. Do you still want to read a book at this time?"

Amy immediately snorted unhappily, turned her head out of the window, and was actually angry!

Of course, Amy's mother had a point, but she didn't put the book in her bag after all, did she? The exquisite book cover was wrapped in a transparent plastic sheet, and she was also carefully observing the binding design of the novel.

It's really beautiful.

The 16-mo page, with a thickness of nearly one inch, is probably more than the 500,000 words in the propaganda.

Moreover, as expected of Bantam's blockbuster new product from a famous author, the kraft paper cover actually has exquisite embossed engravings. The pattern was obviously carefully drawn by a master painter, and it has a certain style of painting, but it's a pity that she couldn't tell the difference.

Like a gilded book title, mysterious and mysterious introduction, and a full-textured existence, the price of thirty dollars does not make people feel expensive at all. Think of the effort it took to be a writer, Amy's mother put herself in her shoes, and it would have killed her if she had to write something like this outside of work.

After a while, Amy's family finally returned home. This is a typical middle-class community. The two-story small house has been bought for five years, and the loan of 120,000 yuan is still left to be repaid. But fortunately, Amy's father's car is a gift from his father. Although it is a bit old now, it can at least leave a lot of money for the family.

"Oh, Mom~"

As soon as she got out of the car, Amy couldn't wait to run to her mother: "Books! Books! I want to read quickly!"

"Look, you're in a hurry."

Joanne, who was the older sister, looked disdainful.

She didn't understand why a good-looking high school girl didn't take classes in school honestly, and always started a company outside when she had nothing to do? Let's talk about starting a company. It's not impossible for that woman to honestly guard those companies and work hard. Why write novels when she is bored?

"It's all about leaving her alone!"

Joanne went back to the house angrily. She knew that if she stayed here for a while longer, her mother would compare herself with that Alice-Wang again.

But here, Amy didn't think so much.

Rushing up to the second floor, rushing into his bedroom, the fantasy novel that he had been waiting for for a long time suddenly announced that it would be released in advance. How could this not make Amy happy?

Really unexpected!

Come to think of it, Amy and Mom are both Bantam fans, so a few months ago, Mom told Amy that the talented girl who was the same age as her sister was going to make a school children's magic. Looking forward, Amy is called looking forward, chasing after her mother every day to ask when she can see it, so no, she couldn't wait to participate in the new book promotion event more than a month ago.

Then he made an agreement with a little brother.

Then, there is clearly a new book that will be officially published at the beginning of next year, so why is it ahead of time! ?

Amy was pleasantly surprised, but she didn't bother to think about the conspiracy theory. She picked up the paper knife and clicked it. After a few strokes, she tore the outer cover to pieces.

"Wow, it feels so exciting to the touch!"

Then Amy was surprised again, the book cover is so beautiful!

"Amy?"

At this time, the sound of mother's footsteps came from the stairs.

"Are you in the room?"

Amy had just sat on the chair, but now she jumped down and swished the door open.

"Mom, mom! Read to me! Read to me!"

Downstairs, my mother came up unhurriedly: "I knew you planned to let me read it, but I just got home now, don't you want mom to cook?"

Being a mother is to understand her daughter, not to mention how many books she has read to Amy.

"Let Daddy cook!" So that's what Amy yells: "Or we can order a pizza!"

"Ed? Do you hear? You cook tonight, or order a pizza!"

Amy's father shouted from downstairs.

After finishing the dinner, the mother and daughter began their reading journey. The publicity said that it was a long and magical novel of seven books, which was the rhythm of Amy's entire adolescence growth. Besides, Amy is not the only one who wants to read this book. Rita has been looking forward to Alice Wang's new book for a long time.

Rita has read "Bloody Tales", and knows that even if Alice Wang claims to be writing children's magic, it is definitely not at the level of "The Little Prince" and "The Wizard of Oz". Of course, masterpieces must have some deep ideological cores, but they are all just pure children's stories. The characteristic of Alice must be that the plot itself is not only limited to the field of children, but also allows adults to enjoy endless fun in simple reading.

Then, they turned to the first page.

"To my dear sister Hannah, the little fan who pushes me to write books every day."

"Oh, it turns out that Sister Alice has a younger sister!" Amy exclaimed in surprise, "If only I could be her younger sister!"

There was a bang.

It was next door that Amy's sister, Joanne, took a hard fall.

This is how the beautiful story unfolded. Since the dinner was pushed to her husband, Rita was happy to read the story to her daughter.

"The Boy Who Lived".

Amy has already read this chapter in the trial booklet, but how can the quality and text of that booklet compare to the officially published novel text? Holding the heavy tome, the mother began to read the story to Amy word by word. Everything began with the interesting daily life of the Dursleys.

"The Dursleys at number four, Privet Drive, are always proud to say they're a very respectable family. Come on, come on, they've never had anything to do with mysteries, because they don't believe in them."

It is still the familiar content and the familiar taste, Rita read it with relish.

"Mr. Vernon Dursley is director of a German company called Drakken, which makes drilling rigs and has a branch in London."

As expected of a writer who is an entrepreneur by profession, Rita said with emotion in her heart that just one sentence at the beginning of the article can reflect the author's international thinking.

"He was tall and heavy, so fat that he had hardly a neck, but he had a big beard. Mrs. Dursley was a thin fair-haired woman. Her neck was almost twice as long as normal. So when she spent a lot of time Her long neck came in handy when looking over fences and spying on neighbors. The Dursleys had a young son named Dudley. Dudley's a better boy."

As anyone who has read the trial copy knows, to say what a good boy Dudley is is to praise the children of the world. Leaving aside the description of him in this entire chapter, just looking at the last paragraph of the full text is enough to make many sympathetic mothers unable to resist paying for the book.

"Harry Potter rolled over in his blanket, but he didn't wake up. One of his little hands was right next to the letter. He went on sleeping, unaware that he was special, that he was famous. He didn't know how many hours later he would be woken up by Mrs. Dursley's screams when she opened the door to put the bottle in; He poked and poked, pinched and pinched, and he couldn't possibly know that at this very moment, people all over the country were meeting in secret. People raised their glasses and whispered: 'Bless the boy who survived—Harry Potter!'”

Well, boy who lived, I wish you the best of luck again. This is the impression of all mother-level readers and most girls after reading the trial book.

To be honest, what kind of family is this? Since the publicity meeting a month ago, many readers have sent inquiry letters to Bantam Books in New York. As Professor McGonagall said, there is no other family in the world that is less suitable for adopting Harry!

Therefore, Rita is really using a very fast speed to finish reading this chapter routinely. Regarding what kind of life Harry will lead in the Dursleys' house, she cares no more than those girls Difference!

"Uh... 50,000 volumes?"

Time, dinner.

The location is in a western restaurant in the small town of Windsor, England.

Sissy said in astonishment: "On the west coast alone, 50,000 copies were sold in one day?"

"Then there are 170,000 copies in the whole country." Alice sliced ​​the steak comfortably: "It's normal, at least I am a famous author who has published two or three best-selling books, and my business subordinates and partners And the opponents, it is inevitable that they will be interested in it. Even if your interest is limited, it is a good idea to read it to your children."

"It seems that we should mail-order domestic newspapers right away." Sissy shook her head and said with a light smile, "You must be impatient for book reviews, right?"

"Well, it's time to define it. Fortunately, there is still time. It takes time for critics to read."

Woo ah two bites to finish a piece of meat, Alice drank a big mouthful of juice contentedly.