This is my first "Can't Wait Wednesday" post!
This is a weekly event hosted by
Tressa @ Wishful Endings, and inspired by "Waiting On Wednesday", which used to be hosted by
Jill @ Breaking the Spine.
For more information, please click HERE.
This new meme also showcases future releases highly anticipated by book bloggers.
There are many genres featured, so I will concentrate on literary fiction and other contemporary fiction.
This new meme also showcases future releases highly anticipated by book bloggers.
There are many genres featured, so I will concentrate on literary fiction and other contemporary fiction.
My choice for this week is a very intriguing mix of elements!
The Afterlives: A Novel
Thomas Pierce
Hardcover, 384 pages
Riverhead Books
January 9, 2018
Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction,
Metaphysical Fiction, Romance
About the Book
A love story that
asks: what happens after we die? The debut novel from National Book
Award 5 Under 35 Winner and author of the “ridiculously good” (New York Times) collection Hall of Small Mammals.
Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what—if anything—awaits us on the other side.
Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.
Jim Byrd died. Technically. For a few minutes. The diagnosis: heart attack at age thirty. Revived with no memory of any tunnels, lights, or angels, Jim wonders what—if anything—awaits us on the other side.
Then a ghost shows up. Maybe. Jim and his new wife, Annie, find themselves tangling with holograms, psychics, messages from the beyond, and a machine that connects the living and the dead. As Jim and Annie journey through history and fumble through faith, they confront the specter of loss that looms for anyone who dares to fall in love. Funny, fiercely original, and gracefully moving, The Afterlives will haunt you. In a good way.
Why I can't wait for this book!
This novel deals with topics that are really fascinating to me! I've always been interested in NDEs (near-death experiences), as well as the possibility of communication with the beyond, and other metaphysical topics. Plus, it looks like there's some romance involved, as well!
About the Author
Thomas Pierce was born and raised in South Carolina. He is the author of the forthcoming novel, The Afterlives, and the acclaimed story collection, Hall of Small Mammals. His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Oxford American,
and elsewhere. A recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35
Award, he is a graduate of the University of Virginia creative writing
program and lives in Virginia with his wife and daughters.
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