Welcome to Hump Day Potpourri. Today’s feature is a celebration of upcoming book releases. Click on over to Waiting on Wednesday, at Breaking the Spine, for other participants.
My eagerly anticipated book will be released on 3/18/14: The Divorce Papers, by Susan Rieger.
Blurb: Witty and wonderful, sparkling and sophisticated, this debut romantic comedy brilliantly tells the story of one very messy, very high-profile divorce, and the endearingly cynical young lawyer dragooned into handling it.
Twenty-nine-year-old Sophie Diehl is happy toiling away as a criminal law associate at an old line New England firm where she very much appreciates that most of her clients are behind bars. Everyone at Traynor, Hand knows she abhors face-to-face contact, but one weekend, with all the big partners away, Sophie must handle the intake interview for the daughter of the firm’s most important client. After eighteen years of marriage, Mayflower descendant Mia Meiklejohn Durkheim has just been served divorce papers in a humiliating scene at the popular local restaurant, Golightly’s. She is locked and loaded to fight her eminent and ambitious husband, Dr. Daniel Durkheim, Chief of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, for custody of their ten-year-old daughter Jane—and she also burns to take him down a peg. Sophie warns Mia that she’s never handled a divorce case before, but Mia can’t be put off. As she so disarmingly puts it: It’s her first divorce, too.
Debut novelist Susan Rieger doesn’t leave a word out of place in this hilarious and expertly crafted debut that shines with the power and pleasure of storytelling. Told through personal correspondence, office memos, emails, articles, and legal papers, this playful reinvention of the epistolary form races along with humor and heartache, exploring the complicated family dynamic that results when marriage fails. For Sophie, the whole affair sparks a hard look at her own relationships—not only with her parents, but with colleagues, friends, lovers, and most importantly, herself. Much like Where’d You Go, Bernadette, The Divorce Papers will have you laughing aloud and thanking the literature gods for this incredible, fresh new voice in fiction.
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I adore books that take the domestic circumstances of life and turn the disastrous into something that we can laugh about. Laughing through our tears, perhaps, but finding the humor in the situation.
This one does sound really good!
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Doesn’t it? Thanks for stopping by, Patty.
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This sounds interesting! I may have to pick it up myself. Here’s my WoW.
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I definitely think so, too, Debbie. Thanks for stopping by!
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Great pick, I’ve just added this to my wishlist as it sounds great! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks, Fi…glad you could stop by, and enjoy your pick!
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Ooh, this one sounds like it’s going to be really good! I think I’ll definitely have to check it out.
Great pick! 🙂
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Good for you, Samantha…thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your pick.
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That sounds really fun! I love books like this – always good for a long soak read. Thanks for sharing!
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Yes, a bathtub read…lol; thanks for stopping by, Jessie, and enjoy your reading.
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This one sounds like a good one. I’m adding it to my list! Thanks for sharing. And thanks for stopping by!
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Glad you could return the visit, Kim…enjoy your pick!
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I love the sound of this one, although I’m not sure how ‘romance’ comes into the plot… I’m intrigued by the way in which it’s been composed anyway. 🙂 I shall have to add this to my birthday wish list! Thanks for sharing honey.
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Ah, yes, a birthday wish….I love getting books for my birthday, too. Thanks for stopping by, Annie.
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🙂
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Sounds interesting, thanks for sharing!
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Leydy @OUaT & RCE
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Thanks for stopping by, Leydylaura….enjoy your pick!
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It sounds like a great contemp… I want it 😀
My WOW
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I think it will be, Aly…thanks for stopping by, and enjoy!
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I haven’t heard of this one, but I’ll be sure to add it to my TBR pile. Great pick! 🙂
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Andy @ Owl Always Be Reading
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Thanks, Andy…I do love adding to that pile! Glad you could stop by.
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I like the sound of this, though I’ve never heard of it! I especially like the cover! Great pick! 🙂
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I only recently discovered it, too, Rachel…thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your pick.
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Sounds like a really fun book to read! Thanks for sharing:)
Katie @ The Quiet Girl Talks
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Glad you liked it, Katie, and thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your week.
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When I first read the title of your post, I thought you were waiting for your divorce papers, lol. This book is new to me but I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for dropping by!
Chel @ The Procrastinator’s Corner
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Ha-ha…Yes, it does sound that way….thanks for stopping by, Chel, and enjoy your pick.
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This one sounds delicious! I, too, can’t wait to get my hands on it!
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I agree, Catherine…thanks for stopping by, and enjoy!
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This looks awesome! Great pick and thanks for stopping by my post (:
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I think so, too, Bebe….thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Sounds interesting. I hope you enjoy reading it and thanks for stopping by my WOW post last week!
Marti @ SBBCreviews
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You’re welcome, Marti…glad you could return the visit. Love discovering new books to add to my stacks.
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