Wednesday, March 11, 2009

"Waiting On" Wednesday: Best Intentions


This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Best Intentions
By Emily Listfield
Publication Date: May 5

From Publishers Weekly:
"Financial troubles and more test the marriage of a downtown Manhattan career mom and her business journalist husband in this writerly page-turner from Listfield. Sam and Lisa Barkley, who were college sweethearts, can just afford to send their two daughters to an Upper East Side private girls' school, though Lisa, whose family “struggled into the middle class,” wonders if a public school “gifted” program would've been a better choice. Meanwhile, Sam's late-night phone calls and odd absences from his office lead her to accuse him of having an affair. Lisa confides her fears to her best friend from college, Deirdre Cushing, whose mysterious death heightens the tension and mistrust between Lisa and Sam. Listfield ensures no character is above suspicion, and in the end, no one is without blame."

What's your "waiting on" pick this week?

Leave a comment with either the link to your own "Waiting On" Wednesday post or just your answer (if you don't have a blog).

21 comments:

Alea said...

Interesting!

Here's mine:

http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-20_11.html

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

This looks good Jill. Here is mine:

http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-shanghai-girls.html

Lenore Appelhans said...

Financial troubles - how timely!

Here's mine this week.

Anonymous said...

I posted mine here. For what it's worth!

Unknown said...

Oh, the title + the synopsis piques my curiosity, and I hope that all ends well!

Here's my pick

Mishel (P.S. I Love Books) said...

Sounds interesting to me as well (=

Here's mine: http://creativitygone.blogspot.com/2009/03/day-96-waiting-on-wednesday-3.html

Reverie said...

good wow.

http://reveriemedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-strange-angels-by.html

Ink Mage said...

Here's mine.

bermudaonion said...

Sounds like a good one!

GirlwiththeBraids said...

Mine this week is Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr, here.

asdfjkl; said...

This is my week's pick! :)

Andrea said...

Here is what I am waiting on:

http://purplg8r-somanybooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-march-11-2009.html

Anonymous said...

Here's my pick for this week: http://litmuse.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/waiting-on-wednesday-3/

Nurin said...

Sounds good ;)

Here's mine :http://readerrabbit.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-meridian-by-amber.html

Marie said...

here's mine:
http://cupcakewitch.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-wednesday.html

S. Krishna said...

I definitely want to read this one!

Unknown said...

Here are two books I'm waiting on:

http://awaitingserenity.net/?p=341
and
http://brainlair.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-ask-and-answer-by.html

Unknown said...

Very cool. Here's my pick of the week: http://thedreamereader.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-2.html

Just Listen said...

Sounds cool!

http://justlistenbookreviews.blogspot.com/2009/03/waiting-on-wednesday-4.html

Unknown said...

Hi, all --
I'd love to hear what you think about Best Intentions once you read it! And I'm happy to come to book clubs in person or by phone - I love meeting you guys. In the meantime, I'm blogging about some of the topics in Best Intentions - marriage, money envy, kids, infidelity, financial pressures - on my new blog, Bruch Babble. Come join me and let me know what's going on in your lives! http://emilylistfield.wordpress.com/
Looking forward,
Emily
emilylistfield.com

Genevieve said...

Hmm, looks like an interesting pick.

Here's mine:

http://caprubia.blogspot.com/2009/03/wishing-for-wednesday-3.html