《这不是告别》作为全美媒体和读者的年度之选，一出版就迅速横扫《纽约时报》畅销书榜长达45周，席卷全球三十多国。故事讲述了一头红发、穿着肥大男款衬衫的Eleanor，与沉默寡言、沉迷于音乐和漫画世界的Park之间的故事。

"No," Eleanor said, "I don't want to have to leave everybody… again." Saying it made her feel like one hundred percent jerk, but she'd say anything to spend the summer with Park. (And she wasn't even going to tell herself that he'd probably be sick of her by then.) "I want to stay home," she said.

埃莉诺说：“不。我不想再一次离开你们所有人。”她简直是百分之百的混蛋，但是只要暑假能跟帕克在一起，让她说什么都可以。（她也不打算告诉自己，到那时，帕克可能已经厌倦她了。）她说：“我想待在家里。”

"I won't," Eleanor said.

埃莉诺说：“不会的。”

Her mom nodded. "Okay," she said, "then I won't mention it. But if you change your mind…"

妈妈点点头说：“好吧，那我就不提了。不过要是你改变心意…”

"I guess so. Look, Eleanor…" her mother stepped away from the door, and her voice dropped. "I'm going to talk to Richie about this summer. I think I can get him to change his mind about that camp."

“应该可以。埃莉诺，”妈妈踏进房间，压低声音，“我跟你说，我会跟雷奇谈今年暑假的事，大概可以改变他的心意，让你去参加那个暑期营。”

Eleanor slept until noon on Christmas Day. Until her mom finally came in and told her to wake up.

圣诞节那天，埃莉诺一直睡到中午，直到妈妈进房叫她起床。

"You look like you're getting a cold."

“你看起来好像感冒了。”

# Eleanor #

#埃莉诺#

"Does that mean I can go back to sleep?"

“这代表我可以继续睡？”

"But I thought you'd jump at the chance to get out of here."

“我还以为你会抓住机会离开这里。”

Eleanor opened her eyes. "No. No, I don't want to go."

埃莉诺睁开眼：“不，不。我不想去。”

"I'm asleep."

“我在睡觉。”

"Are you okay?" her mom asked.

“你没事吧？”她妈妈问。

Her mom left the room, and Eleanor pretended to go back to sleep.

妈妈离开了房间，埃莉诺假装继续睡。