Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature of the Breaking the Spine blog. It's a great way to share information about forthcoming books with other readers. The wait is almost over for my current selection, from one of my favorite authors.
This week's anticipated book:
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Publication date: July 1, 2014
From barnesandnoble.com: Bestselling British author Moyes (Me Before You) blends a sobering
commentary on the widening gap between haves and have-nots into this
quirky tale of lopsided families finding the courage to love. Jess,
barely able to make ends meet as a house cleaner after her husband,
Marty, walks out, enlists the help of rich client Ed to drive her
math-genius daughter Tanzie to a competition. If Tanzie wins, the prize
will be enough to pay for her to attend a top-notch school. Along with
Jess’s Goth stepson, Nicky, who is Marty’s son, and the slobbering
family dog, Norman, the misfits cram into Ed’s car for an alternately
hilarious and heartbreaking adventure. With side trips to visit Ed’s
dying father and Jess’s now-estranged husband, the travelers learn to
reconcile with pasts they can’t change and futures they’re afraid to
imagine. “Good things happen to good people,” Jess insists. “You just
have to keep faith.” There’s never anything predictable about stubbornly
optimistic and protective Jess and her oddball kids, or the distracted
Ed and his disjointed work-family relationships. It’s exactly that
quality that makes this offbeat journey so satisfying, and Moyes’s
irrepressible flaws-and-all characters so memorable.
Which book are you waiting for?
Enjoy life with books . . .
Catherine
Waiting on Wednesday: New From Jojo Moyes was originally published by Catherine for bookclublibrarian.com. This post cannot be republished without attribution.
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