This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
Guests on Earth
By Lee Smith
Publication Date: October 15
From Barnes & Noble:
Evalina Toussaint, the orphaned child of an exotic dancer in New Orleans, is just 13 when she is admitted to Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. The year is 1936, and the mental hospital is under the direction of the celebrated psychiatrist Robert S. Carroll. His innovative program of treatment for mental and nervous disorders and addictions is based on exercise, diet, art, and occupational therapies—and experimental shock therapy.
Evalina finds herself in the company of some notable fellow patients, including Zelda Fitzgerald, estranged wife of F. Scott, who takes the young piano prodigy under her wing. Evalina becomes the accompanist for the musical programs at the hospital. This provides privileged insight into the events that transpire over the next 12 years, culminating in a tragic fire—its mystery unsolved to this day—that killed nine women in a locked ward, Zelda among them. At all costs, Evalina listens, observes, remembers—and tells us everything.
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read, although I don't know much about the actual event (shame on me, I'm off to google). Great pick :)
ReplyDeleteYou have a real knack for digging up the most interesting upcoming releases.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLooks like an interesting book!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! It sounds and looks good.,l
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my 2nd WoW post!
Wow this sounds really great. I love books that involve real people and events!
ReplyDeleteMe too Jill, I so want to get a copy of this one.
ReplyDeleteI heard this author speak at BEA and have an ARC of this book. She was fascinating and I'm hoping to get to the ARC over the summer.
ReplyDeleteMy WoW: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2013/07/waiting-on-wednesday-my-notorious-life.html
Happy Hump Wednesday :p
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really interesting! Maybe I'll give it a try :D
ReplyDeleteHere's my WoW: http://samsbookbasket.blogspot.com/2013/07/waiting-on-wednesday-fear-of-falling-sl.html
Looks pretty interesting! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome pick. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteA new Lee Smith is reason for excitement!
ReplyDeleteJust the other day I saw a post on Tumblr about Zelda Fitzgerald, and I was shocked by what I didn't know. Not that I'm the biggest fan of her husband, but still. Wow. Definitely added this to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteIs this based on a real event - the name Zelda Fitzgerald sparked my question. I like the sound of this one, I haven't read Lee Smith before.
ReplyDeleteThat looks intriguing. I'll definitely have to keep my eyes open for that one. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteOooh this one looks really good. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for this one at B&N when it's released! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThis week's Waiting on Wednesday @ my blog, is Allegiant!
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Guests on Fire sounds interesting. A proper mystery if you will. I might just need to add this to my TBR. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link up and I see in your post from last week that Fannie F. has a new book out. Can't wait to get it for my Mom. I like her but my Mom adores her books.
ReplyDeleteA good pick, a tragic story. I knew this about Zelda Fitzgerald because when I was a kid a biography about her was released and my mother and her friends all read the book and she told me something about it. The way people with issues were treated back in the day is so frightening (and women with depression or substance abuse)...we still have a long way to go to not stigmatize folks with mental disorders.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a great real life mystery and probably something I would love to read.
ReplyDeleteThis is barely my second WoW post! So many people have entered the linky list already! This meme must me popular! Thanks for sharing. (:
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds interesting :D
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good one!
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting. I shudder to think how people with mental illness or in institutions like this were treated in those days. Thanks for sharing.
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oh man this looks super cool... not my usual genre but I definitely want to read this. (if it involves experimental psychological treatments, I'm there. *is a psych nerd*)
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting pick. Treatment for mental illness has come a long way. My Wow
ReplyDeleteWell, is there anyone who read The Dark Places by Gillian Flynn? In Czech will released in this December.
ReplyDeleteMine is from Ink My Heart by Jean Haus
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You come up with some really interesting upcoming releases. And I really love Waiting on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteMine is over at: http://mybookhangovers.blogspot.com/2013/07/waiting-on-wednesday-project-cain.html
Wow that book looks really good! It reminds me of that movie Midnight in Paris. If you haven't seen it, you should. I think you would like it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the share!
Wow! That one sounds really good! And the cover is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and I decided to do this on my blog :) Here's the link if you want to check it out :D
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Tanya x