"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, created by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This week I'm waiting on:
"A literary knockout with the loudest of beating hearts."
John Corey Whaley, Printz Award winner of Where Things Come Back
Olivia
has spent her whole life struggling to escape her dead mother’s shadow.
But when her father can’t even look at her because Olivia reminds him
of her mother, and her grandmother mistakenly calls her “Lillian,”
shaking a reputation she didn’t ask for is next to impossible. Olivia is
used to leaning on her best friend, Jamie; her handsome but
hot-tempered boyfriend, Max; and their wild-child friend, Maggie, for
the reality check that her small Louisiana town can’t provide. But when a
terrible fight between Jamie and his father turns deadly, all Olivia
can think to do is grab her friends and run.
In a flash, Olivia,
Jamie, Max, and Maggie become fugitives on the back roads of Louisiana.
They’re headed to New Orleans, where they hope to find a solution to an
unfixable problem. But with their faces displayed on all the news
stations, their journey becomes a harrowing game of hide-and-seek from
the police—and so-called allies, who just might be the real enemy.
Shalanda Stanley’s breathtaking debut novel explores the deep ties
between legacy, loyalty, and love, even as it asks the question: How far
would you go to save a friend? (Blurb via Goodreads)
Expected publication: September 8, 2015
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