爱尔兰作家安·恩莱特通过《聚会》讲述了一个家族的故事。小说主人公薇罗尼卡是海格特家族12个兄弟姐妹中的第八个孩子,30多岁,生活富足,有两个可爱漂亮的女儿。在成为全职太太之前,薇罗尼卡曾从事写作。她的丈夫汤姆事业有成,发展前景广阔。为了丈夫的事业,薇罗尼卡辞职在家悉心照看孩子,经营着这个小家。当她获知比自己大11个月的哥哥黎安在布莱顿投水自尽之后,薇罗尼卡脑海中不断浮想出外祖母、母亲以及她自己三代人的不幸往事,家族的紊乱、婚姻的失 Ann Irlay, an Irish writer, tells the story of a family through a “gathering.” The novel hero Veronica is the eighth of the 12 siblings of the Highgate family, in her 30s, rich in life, with two lovely, beautiful daughters. Veronica used to write before becoming a full-time wife. Her husband, Tom successful career, broad prospects for development. For her husband's career, Veronika resigned to take care of children at home and run the little home. When she learned that her older brother Elian, who was 11 months older than herself, had drowned himself in Brighton, Veronika kept thinking in her head about the unfortunate past of grandmothers, mothers and her three generations, the disorder of the family, the loss of marriage