陌生的地方，熟悉的面孔

A Familiar Face in an Unfamiliar Place

在故乡美国，我迷上了一本描绘都柏林风情的书，书中的每一张照片都令我心动；迁居到这里之后，寂寞的我有天突然发现，书里的人物赫然出现在我的眼前。

We weren＇t moving to Scotland but to Ireland, a mere half-inch away on the map. As a 13-year-old girl in suburban Cleveland who＇d swooned over Brigadoon, I was disappointed--until I learned that Ireland, like Scotland, had tartans and mists. I was also happy to learn that it was nicknamed ＂The Emerald Isle,＂ which gave it a connection to my birthstone.2 Then, things started looking up.