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Sep092009
WAITING ON WEDNESDAY: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
by Carolyn • Posted in General Post
“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating.I really enjoyed reading The Time Traveler’s Wife and so naturally I am intrigued to find out if her next book The Fearful Symmetry can live up to the success of its predecessor. So far I have seen really positive, even glowing, reviews, so I’m really excited about this one and can’t wait for its release!
UK:
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
PublicationDate: 1 Oct 2009
Hardback: 400 pages
US:
Publisher: Scribner
PublicationDate: 29 Sept 2009
Hardback: 416 pages
Summary (Amazon UK)
Julia and Valentina Poole are normal American teenagers – normal, at least, for identical ‘mirror’ twins who have no interest in college or jobs or possibly anything outside their cozy suburban home. But everything changes when they receive notice that an aunt whom they didn’t know existed has died and left them her flat in an apartment block overlooking Highgate Cemetery in London. They feel that at last their own lives can begin … but have no idea that they’ve been summoned into a tangle of fraying lives, from the obsessive-compulsive crossword setter who lives above them to their aunt’s mysterious and elusive lover who lives below them, and even to their aunt herself, who never got over her estrangement from the twins’ mother – and who can’t even seem to quite leave her flat.
With Highgate Cemetery itself a character and echoes of Henry James and Charles Dickens, “Her Fearful Symmetry” is a delicious and deadly twenty-first-century ghost story about Niffenegger’s familiar themes of love, loss and identity. It is certain to cement her standing as one of the most singular and remarkable novelists of our time.
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17 Comments
Their is something really interesting about this book cover but don't know why?
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I loved Time Traveler's Wife (as I stated in my review)! I can't wait to read this one…she is a great writer!
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That is a good one, I will most definitely be adding to my reading list. Have a great day.
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I was able to get an ARC of this and just adored it, as i did Time Traveler's Wife.
You won't be disappointed.
Michelle
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awww i want to read this book i loved the Time Travelers Wife =)
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I still haven't gotten around to reading The Time Traveler's Wife. One of these days . . . This one sounds good too.
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can't wait for this one.
-Aimee
http://www.myflutteringheart.blogspot.com
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I loved The Time TRaveller's Wife so I'm looking forward to seeing if this lives up to it. Great pick!
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SERIOUSLY waiting on this one. Not long ago, I went charging into a book store demanding it, not realizing it wasn't out yet. Argh! I am ever so jealous of those who got the ARC!
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I can't wait to read this one!
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Definitely looking forward to this one
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Great minds think alike!! I posted this one as well
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I was extremely lucky to get a chance to read this before it was published and I loved it, obviously. It's not quite as good as TTW, but still an outstanding novel. If anyone's interested, my review can be found here.
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I've seen another cover for this book. Can't wait to see some reviews!
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I'm with you – I am looking forward to this one too!
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I can't wait for this one either!!
Loved the Time Travelers Wife.
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