Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday

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

This week's pick: The Vanishers by Heid Julavits

Due out: March 13, 2012




Product description taken from Amazon:

From the acclaimed novelist and The Believer editor HEIDI JULAVITS, a wildly imaginative and emotionally intense novel about mothers, daughters, and the psychic damage women can inflict on one another. Is the bond between mother and daughter unbreakable, even by death? Julia Severn is a student at an elite institute for psychics. Her mentor, the legendary Madame Ackermann, afflicted by jealousy, refuses to pass the torch to her young disciple. Instead, she subjects Julia to the humiliation of reliving her mother's suicide when Julia was an infant. As the two lock horns, and Julia gains power, Madame Ackermann launches a desperate psychic attack that leaves Julia the victim of a crippling ailment. Julia retreats to a faceless job in Manhattan. But others have noted Julia's emerging gifts, and soon she's recruited to track down an elusive missing person—a controversial artist who might have a connection to her mother. As Julia sifts through ghosts and astral clues, everything she thought she knew of her mother is called into question, and she discovers that her ability to know the minds of others—including her own—goes far deeper than she ever imagined. As powerful and gripping as all of Julavits's acclaimed novels, The Vanishers is a stunning meditation on grief, female rivalry, and the furious power of a daughter's love.

4 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

I have an eGalley of this one; it does seem good. enjoy

Cathy De Los Santos said...

that's a log of color on that book. Thanks for sharing. Here's my WOW

Marathon said...

I love floral covers!

Have an amazing reading week!

- Asher (from Paranormal Indulgence)

Anna @ Literary Exploration said...

ohhh wow this cover is gorgeous!! Awesome pick!

Anna @ Literary Exploration