Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.


This week's pick: American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin Due out June 21, 2011

Product Description taken from Amazon:





"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin’s The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." --Allison Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of I Don’t Know How She Does It and I Think I Love YouBe careful what you wish for. Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the twentieth century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts’, suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage. Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora’s story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James. "For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn’t always buy them happiness." --Daisy Goodwin in The Daily Mail


I'm seeing this book a lot of places and the more I hear the more I want to read it. How about you? What are you waiting on this week?

2 comments:

Christina T said...

This was my pick last week and I'm really looking forward to reading it. I hope it lives up to my expectations! Good pick :)

Anonymous said...

Doesn't this one have the most gorgeous cover? I've seen it on several blogs as well and I look forward to it totally!