"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 Woman Upstairs
By Claire Messud
Publication Date: April 30
From Amazon:
Nora Eldridge, a 37-year-old elementary school teacher in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, who long ago abandoned her ambition to be a
successful artist, has become the "woman upstairs," a reliable friend
and tidy neighbor always on the fringe of others' achievements. Then
into her classroom walks Reza Shahid, a child who enchants as if from a
fairy tale. He and his parents--dashing Skandar, a Lebanese scholar and
professor at the École Normale Supérleure; and Sirena, an effortlessly
glamorous Italian artist--have come to Boston for Skandar to take up a
fellowship at Harvard. When Reza is attacked by schoolyard bullies who
call him a "terrorist," Nora is drawn into the complex world of the
Shahid family: she finds herself falling in love with them, separately
and together. Nora's happiness explodes her boundaries, until Sirena's
careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal. Told with urgency,
intimacy, and piercing emotion, this story of obsession and artistic
fulfillment explores the thrill--and the devastating cost--of giving in
to one's passions.
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
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