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Friday, August 28, 2009

Friday Finds: 8-28-2009

Here are my finds this week!



Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven

Publisher: Plume

About the book: One Sunday when she is ten years old Velva Jean Hart is saved. But being saved isn't anything like Velva Jean expected, and life soon brings devastating changes, her father disappears on one of his adventures, and her loving mother becomes gravely ill. Before her mother dies, she urges Velva Jean to "live out there in the great wide world." The only world Velva Jean knows is her home in the gold-mining and moon-shining mountains of Appalachia. Her secret dream is to become a big time singer in Nashville--until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome truant-turned revival preacher. As their tumultuous love story unfolds, Velva Jean struggles to find happiness. Will it be as the demure wife Harley wants her to be? (back cover)

Read an excerpt of Velva Jean.







The Promised World by Lisa Tucker

Publisher: Atria

About the book: Lisa Tucker captures the hidden heart of the modern family. In her widely acclaimed novels, she has established her unique gift for depicting the bewildering nature of love, the poignant quest to belong, and the deep desire for a place to call home.

Now from the bestselling author of The Cure for Modern Life and Once Upon a Day comes a riveting story of suspense about a literature professor whose carefully constructed life is shattered after the death of her twin brother and the unraveling of the secret world they shared.

On a March afternoon, while Lila Cole is working in her quiet office, her twin brother Billy points an unloaded rifle out of a hotel window, closing down a city block. "Suicide by police" was obviously Billy's intended result, but the aftermath of his death brings shock after shock for Lila when she discovers that her brilliant but troubled twin -- the person she revered and was closer to than anyone in the world -- was not only estranged from his wife, but also charged with endangering the life of his middle child and namesake, eight-year-old William.

As Lila struggles to figure out what was truth and what was fiction in her brother's complicated past, her job, her marriage, and even her sanity will be put at risk. And when the hidden meaning behind Billy's stories comes to light, she will have to act before Billy's children are destroyed by the same heartbreaking reality that shattered her protector and twin more than twenty years ago.

A love song to the redemptive power ofbooks and stories, The Promised World is a mesmerizing tale of intimacy, betrayal, and lost innocence that will haunt readers long after they have turned the final page. (Simon & Schuster)


Read an excerpt of The Promised World.

Velva Jean Learns to Drive
Publisher/Publication Date: Plume, July 2009
ISBN: 978-0452289451
416 pages



The Promised World
Publisher/Publication Date: Atria, Sept 2009
ISBN: 978-1416575383
336 pages




What great books did you find this week?? Stop over at Should Be Reading and share yours!

5 comments:

Ashley said...

I'm about midway through When That Day Comes, and am loving it!

Kristen Howe said...

I've read Lisa Tucker's Shout Down the Moon last year and loved it. A Promised World sounds like a good read to me. Ah, a meme. I'm still trying to figure those out. It hasn't been updated lately at the site.

-.- said...

Both look really interesting and I especially love the covers of them. Great finds.

~ Popin

bermudaonion said...

I really want to read Velva Jean learns to drive.

Lisa said...

Check out Bookworm With A View for a chance to win Velva Jean Learns To Drive.

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