Wednesday, September 8, 2010

"Waiting On" Wednesday: The Lake of Dreams

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The Lake of Dreams
By Kim Edwards
Publication Date: January 4

From Amazon:

At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces the hallways of her family's rambling lakeside house, she discovers, locked in a window seat, a collection of objects that first appear to be useless curiosities, but soon reveal a deeper and more complex family past. As Lucy discovers and explores the traces of her lineage, from an heirloom tapestry and dusty political tracts to a web of allusions depicted in stained-glass windows throughout upstate New York, the family story she has always known is shattered, Lucy's quest for the truth reconfigures her family's history, links her to a unique slice of the suffragette movement, and yields dramatic insights that embolden her to live freely.

What's your "waiting on" pick this week?

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29 comments:

  1. Sounds good! I like a book with a bit of a historical aspect to it.

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  2. This sounds interesting! Great pick, I never heard of this book before!!! Thanks for hosting!

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  3. Your Waiting on Wednesday books sound great! :)

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  4. That looks like a beautiful cover - I really love it, and can't wait to read it now. Thanks for spotlighting it!

    xx Tina
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  5. What an interesting blurb!! Definitely a book I'll need to keep an eye out for when it's released. Thanks for a great suggestion.

    Here's my WOW

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  6. Great sounding book and fun meme! This is my first time with WoW!
    Smiles!
    The Delusional Diaries

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  7. It sounds really good! I like the title... The Lake of Dreams. Great pick.

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  8. Ooooh thanks for introducing me to this book!

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  9. Excellent! My pick for this week is Fall for Anything by Courtney Summers

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  10. Sounds great! I'm adding it to my list.

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  11. I saw this one Jill and for some reason thought it was a short story collection, which I don't typically read, but this sounds good.

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  12. This book really caught my interest! Thanks for sharing, Jill, and have a wonderful day.

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  13. Thanks for hosting this again, I gave this weeks entry, which also has a link to the author's blog! :)

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  14. Wow, this one sounds fantastic. Love the cover!

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  15. It sounds like it could be really good!

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  16. This sounds really good. I always enjoy books that center around family and a family's (mysterious) heritage.

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  17. Ooh, I loved The Memory Keeper's Daughter, so I bet I'd love this one too. Great pick!

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  18. Ooo, good to see the author of The Memory Keeper's Daughter back in action. This one sounds interesting, especially the historical connection.

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  19. This sounds good...mysteries, secrets, family. Great!

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  20. Thanks for hosting! Your choice sounds like a good one.

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  21. Thanks for hosting...this sounds like a really engrossing read...hope you can wait till January :)

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  22. Similar themes to our book choice this week.

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  23. Sounds good. Wish I could find a cache of family objects that would reveal some history to me!

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  24. I am SO sorry but my computer keeps screwing up my link. It should be Sherri (Urban Girl Reader) - http://www.urbangirlreader.com. Of course it can't be operator error, ;-) it is definetly the computer's fault.

    Although your book choice isn't my normal genre it looks interesting. I've been on a bit of history kick so maybe that its.

    Here is my choice -
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  25. This book sounds really interesting! Thanks for the great teaser!

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