This week, I'm waiting on:
The Legacy by Katherine Webb
Publication date: August 30, 2011
Synopsis from Goodreads:
In 1903, New York heiress Caroline marries a cattle rancher and moves with him to rural Oklahoma, where she finds herself wholly out of her depth. Unable to adjust to the isolation of the vast prairies, Caroline grows increasingly frightened and unhappy. Driven to the edge of reason she commits a terrible crime from which she flees, all the way to London, to start a new life as the wife of English aristocrat Henry Calcott. She moves to Storton Manor in Wiltshire, but soon finds that the repercussions of her actions have crossed the Atlantic with her, and will not be so easily forgotten. In the bitter winter of 2008, following the death of their grandmother, Erica Calcott and her sister Beth return to Storton Manor, where they spent the summer holidays as children. As she begins to sort through her grandmother's belongings, Erica is inundated with memories of her childhood, and of Dinny, a local boy whom she idolised. She also remembers her spiteful cousin, Henry, whose disappearance from the manor tore the family apart. Convinced that she should remember what happened to Henry, Erica sets out to uncover the truth. She is reunited with Dinny, and finds herself as drawn to him in adulthood as she was as a child. Haunted by emotions and suspicions, Erica delves deeply into her memories, revisiting the people and places that shaped her childhood, and bringing to light a truth more shocking than she had ever imagined.
I think this sounds really interesting and I like reading about families with dark secrets. This was published in the UK last year but it is finally making its way across the pond this August.
What are you waiting on this week?
I have this on my TBR shelves.
ReplyDeleteThanks for highlighting it. I must bump it up my list to read.
carol
I also like reading about families with dark secrets! There's something truly intriguing about them. What genre is this if you know?
ReplyDeletegreat wow.. thanks for sharing.
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This is the first I've heard about LEGACY. Sounds really good and I always love a family secrets book. Thanks for highlighting it!
ReplyDeleteSounds sad but the cover is lovely.
ReplyDeleteNice pick.
Ohhh! This one sounds good. Thanks for sharing it. I'm all about dark secrets in books as well....definitely should be suspenseful. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteHi, Christina. I thought this one sounded interesting, as well. I hope we both get the chance to read it! Thanks for visiting today. :)
ReplyDeleteThis really does sound like a good read! I'll have to check it out as well. :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for secrets. This one is absolutely going on my TBR list :)
ReplyDeleteGreat choice!
This sounds really good, great pick!
ReplyDeleteHere's my WoW this week. Happy Reading!
Interesting pick! I think I've seen this one around, but I haven't seen thoughts on it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, just entered my first review for the Page to Screen challenge. Excited.
This sounds like a heart-wrencher! I love the cover, too!
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful--whenever books are published elsewhere and then are brought here. I hadn't heard of this one before, but I too like the mystery behind families with dark secrets. I especially love how that's incorporated into the synopsis with that last sentence. Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDelete-Christina Reads YA