Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine.
Me Since You by Laura Wiess
Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication:
September 3rd 2013
by MTV Books
Sixteen-year-old Rowan
is still reeling from her father’s suicide four months ago, after he
failed to stop a man from leaping off an overpass to his death. The only
witness is Eli, a teenaged boy wrapped deep in mourning for his own
father, killed in action in Afghanistan. When Rowan and Eli meet, they
recognize kindred spirits, and begin to navigate grief and its aftermath
together.
Rowan can’t understand how her father could choose to leave her, and acts out, pushing away friends and taking risks with her safety. Rowan’s mother, wracked with her own guilt and sorrow over failing to save her husband, stops going to work and collects stray cats for comfort. Grief, fractured and unpredictable, rules their lives now. Rowan is lost—and sinking. But Eli represents a lifeline for Rowan, and as they struggle to make sense of what’s gone and what is left behind, they begin to fall in love. Me Since You is Laura Wiess at her finest—a beautiful, gripping and painfully honest examination of adolescence.
Rowan can’t understand how her father could choose to leave her, and acts out, pushing away friends and taking risks with her safety. Rowan’s mother, wracked with her own guilt and sorrow over failing to save her husband, stops going to work and collects stray cats for comfort. Grief, fractured and unpredictable, rules their lives now. Rowan is lost—and sinking. But Eli represents a lifeline for Rowan, and as they struggle to make sense of what’s gone and what is left behind, they begin to fall in love. Me Since You is Laura Wiess at her finest—a beautiful, gripping and painfully honest examination of adolescence.
What are y'all waiting on?
-Jackie
This sounds like it's going to be a heartwarming novel. Keeping my fingers crossed that it's good! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my WoW, Jackie!
Julie @ Books and Insomnia
"Collects stray cats for comfort"? I smell cat lady here LOL! :D
ReplyDeleteAnyways, awesome pick Jackie & thanks for stopping by my WoW! (: