Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday: New From Jojo Moyes

 
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:
One Plus One 
 Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books 
Publication date: July 1, 2014
 
From barnesandnoble.comBestselling 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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