Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases. This week’s pick is:
Pub. date: July 1, 2010
Penmark Publishing, LLC
Goodreads synopsis:
An older woman growing flowers, a younger woman caught up in the weeds, and the seasons of life.
Twenty years ago, Anna Hott thought she could control everything – her crumbling marriage, her demanding children, her hectic life – by quitting her high-paced job in New York City and moving her family to tranquil Sanibel Island, Florida. But she brought her untamed emotions, her rage toward her cheating husband, and her yearning to write a novel with her. When her husband and children left the house for a week, Anna thought at last she would get her household, her novel, and her mind in order. Instead, her elderly neighbor Fedelina Aurelio knocked on her door bearing flowers and homespun wisdom, and when Fedelina’s recently divorced son arrived, Anna had a test of passions and a test of truth. Now, at 56 with an empty nest, Anna Holt pulls out the incomplete manuscript she started that memorable week and – to find closure for her life and a conclusion for her novel – travels to Indiana to visit Fedelina who lives in a nursing home.
A novel framed within a novel, Sand in My Eyes is both a story about the tension between motherhood and personal dreams as well as a story about women across generations inspiring one another to let beauty persist despite ugly circumstances.
What a lovely cover and great sounding summer read; thanks Mary
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I like books like this that show up the issues facing mothers who have personal dreams and sometimes the two can clash/one can prevent the other achieving what one wants. Sounds a different kind of book.
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This sounds like a great read. I’ll have to add it to my TBR List.
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This sounds like my kind of book…thanks for the heads up!
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This looks like a book I would love! I’ve just added it to my list, and Mary, thanks! Also thanks for visiting my blog.
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Another good pick, Mary. Sounds like a book I would love.
have a great week!
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The opening line had me sold.
My WOW
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/06/waiting-on-wednesday.html
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Ooh sounds great! My WOW is at The Crowded Leaf.
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this book sounds like it’s going to be a lovely read. hope you get it soon mary 🙂
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This one sounds great Mary. I hadn’t heard of it before.
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It sounds really interesting, and the cover is really pretty. Great pick!
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Mary, sounds like my kind of book!
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Sounds like a good pick….I love stories about motherhood:-)
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This has so many elements that I love in a book! Great choice.
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Like Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe or more recently Astrid and Veronika, this book sounds full of wonderful female characters that I’d love to get to know!
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