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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Waiting on Wednesday: A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents


A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer

Publisher/Publication Date: 5 Spot, Dec 23, 2009

Grace Hawkes has not spoken to her previously tight-knit family since her mother's sudden death five years ago. Well, most of the family was tight-knit-- her father walked out on them when she was 13 and she and her two brothers and sister bonded together even closer with their mother as a result.

She's been doing her best to live her new life apart from them, but when their estranged father has a stroke and summons them, Grace suddenly realizes she's done the same thing he had done...abandoned those who need her most.

And need her they do, for inside the hospital walls, a strange war is unfolding between the pseudo-kindly woman who is their father's second wife and the rest of the original Hawkes clan. Upon reconnecting with her brother and sisters, Grace will find a part of herself she thought was lost forever. As they unravel the manipulative deception of the second Mrs. Hawkes, Grace will finally be able to stand up for her family-- and to remember what a family is, even after all these years. (Amazon)



What are you waiting for? Waiting on Wednesdays is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.



A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents
Publisher/Publication Date: 5 Spot, Dec 23, 2009
ISBN: 978-0446698382
320 pages

8 comments:

Jill said...

Oh, this sounds good! Thanks for putting it on my radar!

Unknown said...

This sounds good, not my normal kinda book but good just the same :)

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

This sounds so cute. Here is mine:

http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2009/11/waiting-on-wednesday-listener-shira.html

Mary (Bookfan) said...

I've seen this around the review blogs lately. It sounds pretty good!

A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

This one sounds interesting. The title definitely grabs the interest, doesn't it?

here's mine.

bermudaonion said...

I've read great reviews of this book, but have to admit that the title just turns me off.

Stephanie said...

Wow! What a title! This novel sounds intriguing.

Sheila Deeth said...

Great title. Sounds like a fascinating novel too.

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