Waiting On Wednesday is from Jill, at Breaking the Spine.
Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia
Brought together each summer at a boarding school in Switzerland, three girls learn a lot more than just French and European culture. Shirin, an Iranian princess; Ingrid, a German-Canadian eccentric; and Vivien, a Cuban-Jewish New Yorker culinary phenom, are thrown into eachother's lives when they become roommates. This is a story of 3 paths slowly beginning to cross and merge as they spend the year apart, but the summers together. Through navigating the social-cultural shoals of the school, developing their adolescence, and learning the confusing and conflicting legacies of their families' past, Shirin, Ingrid, and Vivien form an unbreakable bond.
Just discovered this and immediately fell in love with both the description and cover. It looks so peaceful. And the summary reminds me of the Traveling Pants series, which, if you saw my last IMM or WoW, I've been stuck on.
This one just sounds wonderful, and I love the cover too. Fabulous choice! :)
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the Travelling Pants series too! Great pick, might have to add it to my wishlist :).
ReplyDeleteI just heard about this one today, and I agree with you - the cover seems very peaceful (and the book sounds great). Nice pick!
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Nice pick! I've seen this around a few blogs. It sounds like a great read ^-^
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I have an Iranian friend called Shirin. And she's the tomboy-est of them all. I'm going to call her princess from now on. Hehe. And girls and boarding schools are awesome. Have you read any of Mallory Towers and the ilk by Enid Blyton? I used to love them as a kid.
ReplyDelete@Nafiza: Girls and boarding schools ARE awesome, I agree. And no, I haven't read those. I will check into it!
ReplyDeleteThis book does sound good! It kind of reminds me of the opposite version of the Traveling Pants :) I really like your WOW button!
ReplyDeleteCrystal @ Elegantly Bound Books
This one was fabulous. I'm still mulling over how to write the review just because this wasn't a book, it was a page out of someone's life, so beautifully done.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this discovery. It sounds awesome :D Nice pick!
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Looks really cute! It kind of sounds like Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (which I liked -- the movie at least, didn't read the book).
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I'll be reading this. I can relate to the ethnicity. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. ;)
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