“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly blog feature hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine. Every week, book bloggers all over the world showcase and share upcoming releases that we want to receive, read and devour.
Here is my pick of the week:
Title: When You Were Here
Author: Daisy Whitney
Author: [website][goodreads]
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
To-Be-Released: June 4, 2013
Pre-Order: [Amazon.com][The Book Depository]
Filled with humor, raw emotion, a strong voice, and a brilliant dog named Sandy Koufax, When You Were Here explores the two most powerful forces known to man-death and love. Daisy Whitney brings her characters to life with a deft touch and resonating authenticity.
Danny’s mother lost her five-year battle with cancer three weeks before his graduation-the one day that she was hanging on to see.
Now Danny is left alone, with only his memories, his dog, and his heart-breaking ex-girlfriend for company. He doesn’t know how to figure out what to do with her estate, what to say for his Valedictorian speech, let alone how to live or be happy anymore.
When he gets a letter from his mom’s property manager in Tokyo, where she had been going for treatment, it shows a side of his mother he never knew. So, with no other sense of direction, Danny travels to Tokyo to connect with his mother’s memory and make sense of her final months, which seemed filled with more joy than Danny ever knew. There, among the cherry blossoms, temples, and crowds, and with the help of an almost-but-definitely-not Harijuku girl, he begins to see how it may not have been ancient magic or mystical treatment that kept his mother going. Perhaps, the secret of how to live lies in how she died.
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I wonder what Danny learns about his mom when he is in Tokyo …
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Oh I’ve had my eye on this book for a while now Henrietta, I’ve heard great things about Whitney’s writing and I’m loving books from male povs even more now! Fab pick!
Jasprit recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday #19
I really want to know what he learns while he is Tokyo. Great choice.
Jenea @ Books Live Forever’s WoW
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This one sounds so good. I love a male POV and the travel sounds wonderful. I always almost pick this one, every Wednesday! Great pick!
Jenni @ Alluring Reads recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday (49)
This is a different setting! I like the sound of this one, Henrietta.
Rachel @The Readers Den recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday #19
Wow this sounds really good Henrietta! And very.. emotionally traumatic. I’m definitely adding it to my list! Thanks, girl.
Ashley recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday (37) – Furious
The synopsis had me at the words “brilliant dog.” Can’t wait to check it out. Thanks for sharing, Henrietta.
Faith Sullivan recently posted..Gotta love a girl with attitude
Have not heard of this one, will have to keep an eye out on it
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I love books about Japan! This one sounds especially poignant. Great pick!
Opal @ The Akamai Reader recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday: Wicked as She Wants
I’ve seen this around a few times, but I never really paid it much attention. I would never have guess that it’s set in Tokyo. I’m definitely curious about it now.
Great pick Henrietta!
Sam @ Realm of Fiction recently posted..Review: Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff
I definitely want to know what Danny learns in Tokyo, and I love that the author has taken the book there! I remember the first time I saw the cover it didn’t seem that interesting, but then I read the synopsis and I was hooked! Gorgeous pick, Henrietta!
Aa’Ishah recently posted..Waiting on Wednesday (#22)
Awesome cover!
Hope you get to read it soon!
<3 Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog
This sounds like it would be a cute story, very heart-warming. Adding it to Goodreads!
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