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Waiting on Wednesday (August 25)

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Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week is from a favorite author of mine Joanne Rendell and the book is called Out of the Shadows to be released September 7, 2010 by NAL Trade. I really enjoy her writing style and the types of subjects she tackles so I’m looking forward to this one. Here’s a bit about it from Joanne’s website:

While unraveling the secrets of her DNA, one woman discovers a monster. The monster is the man she loves…

Thirty-four year old, Professor Clara Fitzgerald has been living in the shadows of her fiancé for too long. While her career seems stalled, his scientific research is on the cusp of a major breakthrough. Professor Anthony Greene is an ambitious geneticist, who is being courted by the top universities and powerful pharmaceutical companies. His fight against cancer in the laboratory doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for Clara anymore.

But when Clara stumbles on an old copy of Frankenstein and remembers her mother’s claim that they are related to the nineteenth-century author, Mary Shelley, everything changes.

With her beautiful but troublesome sister in tow and the help of Kay, a retired Shelley scholar, Clara begins a search for the author’s long lost journals and letters. This search reveals surprising facts about the passionate young woman who wrote Frankenstein, who was the child of two radical writers, and who eloped to Europe with a wild-eyed poet named Percy Shelley.

During her search, Clara also unearths shocking secrets about her fiancé. Like Shelley’s Victor Frankenstein, Anthony is on a secret quest to extend life – and this quest has driven him to cross ethical lines.

Told from alternating points of view between Clara and the young Mary Shelley who is preparing to write Frankenstein, Out of the Shadows is a tale of hubris and greed, passion and truth, loss and love. It is a story that spans two centuries and warns us about the age-old dangers of mixing ambition with the power of science.

This sounds great! How about you – are you waiting for anything good this week? Leave me your link or share what you’re waiting for in the comments. Have a great day everyone!

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  2. I love stories where they dig through old letters, and even cooler if they involve the literary world! Nice find!

  3. I love stories where they dig through old letters, and even cooler if they involve the literary world! Nice find!

  4. Oh my! This one does sound excellent, and I like the fact that it alternates between the past and the present. I am going to have to add this one to my list. Thanks for sharing it Dar!!

    Hope things are going well with Buddy and yourself!!

  6. I love stories that go from the past to the present and old secrets dug up. You find such interesting books! Enjoy it when it comes out.

  10. This looks awesome!! Thank you so much for pointing it out to me!! I've always been fascinated by Mary Shelley. I loved Frankenstein, and I've read another great book about Shelley called AngelMonster. Thanks for sharing!

  11. Hey Dar- How are ya?! As for my waiting on Wednesday…actually nothing in particvular since I'm rushing to catch up on all that's still on my list! Miss you!