This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
By Emily Chenoweth
Publication Date: May 5
From Amazon:
"The summer after Abby Hansen’s first year of college, several months after doctors find a malignant tumor in her mother Helen’s brain, she and her parents drive to northern New Hampshire to say goodbye to a lifetime of friends. During a single week at a historic resort, the family welcomes a small procession of visitors, and shares with them the pathos and heartache of Helen’s imminent passing. As the week progresses, the Hansens and their guests deal with Helen’s illness in varied, sometimes surprising ways, and Abby, drawn to the youthful, mischievous staff of the hotel, is torn between her duties to her family and the pleasures and temptations of her new life as an adult. For all involved, the occasion unexpectedly becomes one of awakening rather than farewell, as they discover how life inevitably blossoms in the face of death."
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
From Amazon:
"The summer after Abby Hansen’s first year of college, several months after doctors find a malignant tumor in her mother Helen’s brain, she and her parents drive to northern New Hampshire to say goodbye to a lifetime of friends. During a single week at a historic resort, the family welcomes a small procession of visitors, and shares with them the pathos and heartache of Helen’s imminent passing. As the week progresses, the Hansens and their guests deal with Helen’s illness in varied, sometimes surprising ways, and Abby, drawn to the youthful, mischievous staff of the hotel, is torn between her duties to her family and the pleasures and temptations of her new life as an adult. For all involved, the occasion unexpectedly becomes one of awakening rather than farewell, as they discover how life inevitably blossoms in the face of death."
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
Leave a comment with either the link to your own "Waiting On" Wednesday post or just your answer (if you don't have a blog).
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You're WOW pick looks soo touching... might just have to get my hands on it.... when i'm in the mood to cry maybe.
Ooh, that one does sound good!
ReplyDeleteHere's my pick this week. And as always, thanks for hosting!
Sounds kind of sad.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine.
Here is mine!
ReplyDeletehttp://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-19.html
What a neat idea to highlight new books coming out! This is my first time doing this.
ReplyDeleteMy book is LOOK AGAIN by Lisa Scottoline.
That sounds like it might end up being very sad.
ReplyDeleteMy pick is here: http://inbedwithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-4.html
This is my first WOW post! You can read it HERE.
ReplyDeleteHere is my week's pick. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting pick! It sounds very thought-provoking! My week's pick is here
ReplyDeleteThis week was my 1st time doing 'waiting on wednesday'. But I called it Wishing for Wednesday. Here's my pick:
ReplyDeletehttp://caprubia.blogspot.com/2009/02/wishing-for-wednesday.html
Thanks for hosting... This is my first time participating! Here are my picks! :-)
ReplyDeleteHere is my book that is waiting.
ReplyDeletehttp://thinkitthrough2eternity.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the meme!
That sounds like a very interesting story. By the way, how are you liking The Help? I really want to read that one!! Hope you're enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine! :D
ReplyDeletehttp://booksbytheircover.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-3.html
I have a lot of books waiting for me at the library. They are:
ReplyDeleteGrafton, Sue. 'D' is for deadbeat
Hambly, Barbara. A free man of color
Iles, Greg. The quiet game
Rinaldi, Ann. The coffin quilt : the feud between the Hatfield
Wait, Lea. Shadows on the coast of Maine : an antique print
Greenwood, Kerry. Raisins and almonds : a Phryne Fisher mystery
Flock, Elizabeth But inside I'm screaming
Freitas, Donna. The possibilities of sainthood
rocking idea. here's mine: http://litmuse.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/waiting-on-wednesday-1/
ReplyDeleteHere is what I am waiting on:
ReplyDeletehttp://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-february-25-2009.html
Here's mine for this week:
ReplyDeletehttp://rebeccasbookblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-academy-7-by-anne.html
Hello Goodbye sounds like it will be very good.
ReplyDeleteMy first pick (=
http://creativitygone.blogspot.com/2009/02/day-82-waiting-on-wednesday-1.html
This sounds like a cute book! :D
ReplyDeleteMine this week is here:
http://readingtomyself.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday_25.html
This book looks really good (1 more for my list). Here is my pick:
ReplyDeletehttp://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-honolulu-alan.html
That one sounds sad :( but good. :) Maybe I'll pick it up when it comes out...
ReplyDeleteHere's mine :http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/
Better late than never. Here's what I'm waiting on:
ReplyDeletehttp://brainlair.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting-on-wednesday-king-of-screwups.html
My pick this week is rather more light-hearted:
ReplyDeletehttp://numberonenovels.blogspot.com/