Waiting On Wednesday (If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to be published.

 

 

If I Knew You Were Going To Be This Beautiful, I Never Would Have Let You Go by Judy Chicurel

 

I've seen this book compared to Anne Tyler so I've got to read it.

 

 

It is the summer of 1972, and Katie has just turned eighteen. Katie and her town, Elephant Beach, are both on the verge: Katie of adulthood, and Elephant Beach of gentrification. But not yet: Elephant Beach is still gritty, working-class, close-knit. And Katie spends her time smoking and drinking with her friends, dreaming about a boy just back from Vietnam who’s still fighting a battle Katie can’t understand.  Impeccably crafted and hugely affectionate, this novel in stories is a vivid portrait of a place whose conflicts—between mothers and daughters, men and women, haves and have-nots— reverberate to our own time.

 

Published by Amy Einhorn Books on 30th October 2014