Happy Friday everybody!!
Book Beginnings on Friday is now hosted by
Rose City Reader. The Friday 56 is hosted at
Freda's Voice.
Check out the links above for the rules and for the posts of the
participants each week. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the coolest,
the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
This week I am spotlighting
Young Widows Club by Alexandra Coutts. I got this ARC from Macmillan. Here is the description:
First came love, then came marriage, and then...
For
seventeen-year-old Tam, running off to marry her musician boyfriend is
the ideal escape from her claustrophobic high-school life on the island,
and the ultimate rebellion against her father and stepmother. But when
Tam becomes a widow just weeks later, the shell-shocked teen is forced
to find her way forward by going back to the life she thought she’d
moved beyond—even as her struggle to deal with her grief is forcing her
to reinvent herself and reach out to others in ways she never imagined.
Beginning:
It's one of those flawless, cotton-candy-cloud days.
Friday 56:
"I think so," I nod. The back of my throat throbs and I try to think about anything other than what's happening. This is not goodbye. This is not me leaving the two people who have treated me like family from the moment we met.
This sounds like a great book. I haven't seen much about it but I am intrigued now!
ReplyDeleteThis book seems ok, but I don't think it would be for me mainly because I don't typically read many contemporary novels.
ReplyDeleteThe snippets you shared have me curious about this book.
ReplyDeleteTugs at the heart strings for sure!
ReplyDeleteI believe I saw this one on NetGalley. Sounds like a tearjerker. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like it'll be very emotional. I'm hoping she has a happy ending:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my 56:)
Love the beginning. I love those days!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend!