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Waiting on Wednesday (February 17)
February 17th, 2010
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
My pick this week is The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell to be released April 12, 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. I read The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by her a few years ago and enjoyed it so I’d love to read this one as well. A bit about it from Amazon.com…
In the thrilling, underground world of bohemian post-war London, Lexie Sinclair is making an extraordinary life for herself. Taken up by magazine editor Innes Kent, she learns to be a reporter, to know art and artists, to embrace her life fully and with a deep love at the center of it.
Later, in present-day London, a young painter named Elina dizzily navigates the first weeks of motherhood. Her boyfriend, Ted, traumatized by nearly losing her in labor, begins to recover lost memories. He cannot place them. But as they become more disconcerting and happen more frequently, we discover that something connects these two stories– these two women– something that becomes all the more heartbreaking and beautiful as they all hurtle toward its revelation.
A stunning portrait of motherhood and the artist’s life in all their terror and glory, Maggie O’Farrell’s newest novel is a gorgeous inquiry into the ways we make and unmake our lives, who we know ourselves to be, and how even our most accidental legacies connect us.
Sounds good, doesn’t it? I’m anxious to read it. How about you? What are you waiting for?
Darlene
Filed under Waiting on Wednesday | Comments (20)
Sounds good!
This sounds really good, Dar. I liked "Esme Lennox" so I'll watch for this book.
Looks like a good pick (on my wish list too); here is mine:
http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2010/02/waiting-on-wednesday-secret-daughter.html
What a beautiful cover! :]
Sounds like an intriguing story!
Wow, sound wonderful.
This sounds terrific! And I love the title.
This does sound like a good one!
I stumbled upon this one at Net Galley. I've got it on my radar too!
This looks like an interesting book. Thanks for sharing about it.
Here is my WoW pick.
This one looks really good! love the cover
It does sound good!
This does sound good!!!
Sounds very very tempting. I put it on my wish list. Thanks, Dar.
I love that cover, and the plot sounds really interesting! Definitely going to keep an eye out for thins one!
This sound great Dar! I didn't know about this one and really liked Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox as well.
I love the title!! Sounds really good!
Heehee, I noticed that your header had images from 'cute and cool blog stuff' but I didn't even realize we had the same background!! Great minds do think alike
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Sounds really good. Sorry that I haven't been able to visit your blog lately but I had my baby in November and have been busy since then:)
I haven't read ESME LENNOX, Dar, but THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE is on my shelf for review next month; I'm really looking forward to it (and will add ESME to that l-o-n-g wish list!)