Listening to Angels Laugh

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Summary

Listening to Angels Laugh is a book Yu Tianxin wrote at her hospital bedside. An ordinary girl from Qinhuangdao, Hebei, Yu fell gravely ill at seventeen, yet she never gave up her dream of writing. She kept setting down what she saw, felt, and thought in words; her poems and essays appeared in newspapers and magazines, and for this resilience she was named one of the city's "Ten People Who Moved Qinhuangdao." Told in the first person, the book records a teenage girl's days in illness: autumn leaves falling outside the window, the wait for chemotherapy and tests in the ward, the coming and going of family and friends, and test results that tighten the heart again and again. The author also writes of a girl's tender moments: a shooting star imagined as the moon's tear; a trip to Beijing for a follow-up exam after the Lantern Festival, a plan she told none of her friends about, saying only that she "didn't want them to worry about me." The "angels" in these pages are not religious figures but something closer to the self that still wishes to smile through pain and still wishes to share its light with others. The writing is plain and the emotions direct; it is at once a young person's inquiry into life and a notebook of courage written for her peers.

Editor's review

这不是一本靠情节取胜的小说，而是一个十七岁女孩在病中留下的真实文字，语气质朴，情感分量却很重。围绕一段突兀而来的患病经历，作者没有铺排悲情，更多的是病房日常、复查路上的心绪；她在疼和等候之间，仍会去看窗外的树叶、想到流星。真正动人的，是那种不愿让朋友担心的体贴，以及把写作当成自救的倔强。对习惯了爽文节奏的读者来说，这本书节奏偏慢，密度也不高，却更容易让人停下来想一想：当“生命只有一次”这样的大词落在具体的人身上，它到底是什么样子。适合与青春期的孩子共读，也适合在情绪低落时翻几页。

Who it's for

A good fit for

关患病、生死、成长题材的初高中生，希望读到同龄人真实心事的读者
正在经历疾病或长期治疗，想找一份情感共鸣与陪伴的读者
喜欢叙事朴实、以日记式文字书写生命体验的读者
家长与老师，希望与孩子讨论生命教育话题的人

Not a good fit for

偏爱强情节、快节奏爽文的读者，本书几乎无故事冲突
期待系统病中护理知识或医学科普的读者，这不是实用手册

Reading tips

按章节每天读一小段，体会作者在平静叙述里流露的情绪，不必追求速度。
读到复查、化疗等段落时，体会作者如何在具体小事上呈现勇气，而非抽象说教。
把它当作生命教育的引子，读后与孩子聊一聊各自面对困难时的办法。
如果正在陪伴生病的亲友，可以摘录书中句子与他分享，但请注意情绪容量。

About the publisher

Writers Publishing House China · Founded in 1953

Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.

FAQ

《听天使在笑》是本什么类型的书？

它是以个人经历为底本的青春成长与生命书写，作者于添鑫是秦皇岛女孩，十七岁查出重病，仍坚持写作。全书更像一部带着自述色彩的散文体作品，而不是情节完整的虚构长篇。

这本书和同名网络小说是同一本吗？

不是。常见的《听天使在笑》实体书为于添鑫著、作家出版社出版，走的是纪实与青春成长路线。网文平台上层出不穷的“天使”为题的校园小说多为不同作者的同名作品，切勿混为一谈。

书适合给孩子看吗？

适合有一定阅读能力和情绪承受力的青少年。书中涉及疾病与死亡话题，但态度克制、不刻意渲染。建议家长提前翻看，必要时与孩子一起讨论，避免对敏感的孩子造成不适。

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