Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. This meme is a place to showcase a book we’re really looking forward to with bated breath! A new release in our favorite series, an exciting new title from a favorite author…
Waiting on Wednesday #50
Today, I’m waiting on Barbara the Slut and Other People by Lauren Holmes. It is scheduled to be released on August 4th, so it’s not too long a wait.
Fearless, candid, and incredibly funny, Lauren Holmes is a newcomer who writes like a master. She tackles eros and intimacy with a deceptively light touch, a keen awareness of how their nervous systems tangle and sometimes short-circuit, and a genius for revealing our most vulnerable, spirited selves.
In “Desert Hearts,” a woman takes a job selling sex toys in San Francisco rather than embark on the law career she pursued only for the sake of her father. In “Pearl and the Swiss Guy Fall in Love,” a woman realizes she much prefers the company of her pit bull—and herself—to the neurotic foreign fling who won’t decamp from her apartment. In “How Am I Supposed to Talk to You?” a daughter hauls a suitcase of lingerie to Mexico for her flighty, estranged mother to resell there, wondering whether her personal mission—to come out—is worth the same effort. And in “Barbara the Slut,” a young woman with an autistic brother, a Princeton acceptance letter, and a love of sex navigates her high school’s toxic, slut-shaming culture with open eyes.
With heart, sass, and pitch-perfect characters, Barbara the Slut is a head-turning debut from a writer with a limitless career before her.
Thanks for stopping by, have a fantastic Wednesday! Don’t forget to leave me a link in your comment so I can come and check out your Waiting on Wednesday post, too.
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
I haven’t heard of this one – but thanks for sharing. It sounds like an intriguing mix of stories. I really want to read more short stories.
It does sound intriguing, doesn’t it? Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I’m not sure this is my kind of book, but I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks Stina 🙂
That’s definitively an unconventional pick! Short stories are not so my thing, though. But I hope you’ll enjoy!
I don’t always enjoy short stories either, Caro, but just the title of this one made me want it 🙂
That sounds interesting. I don’t usually read short stories, but I might make an exception for this 🙂
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I hope it’ll live up to my expectations, Claire 🙂
That’s certainly an eyecatching title! Hope you enjoy it!
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LOL yes, it definitely draws the attention Jessica.
New to me but sounds like a great pick– hope you get a chance to read it soon.
I hope so too Brandi!
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Thus is new to me but you have me curious Lexxie
Just the title alone got me curious, Kim!
I’d never heard about it before but it’s definitely interesting 😀
I think so too Iza 😉
I’ve never heard of this! I love Waiting on Wednesday because it gives me the opportunity to discover new books! Thanks for sharing Lexx 🙂
That’s one of the things I love the most about this meme, Lindy – I always add several books to my TBR list 🙂
First time I’m hearing about this book but sounds pretty good!
I only found out about it last week, and I thought it sounded good, too:)
This certainly sounds provocative, Lexxie! 😉 I can’t wait to see what you think of it!
I just hope I’ll be able to read it soon after it’s released, Brandee!
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Oh I can see why this is on your list Lexxie, it sounds really food! It wasn’t on my radar, but now it is!