Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday (51): Six Feet Over It by Jennifer Longo


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.



Title: Six Feet Over It
Author:
Jennifer Longo
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Release Date: August 26, 2014

Home is where the bodies are buried.

Darkly humorous and heart-wrenchingly beautiful, Jennifer Longo’s YA debut about a girl stuck living in a cemetery will change the way you look at life, death, and love.

Leigh sells graves for her family-owned cemetery because her father is too lazy to look farther than the dinner table when searching for employees. Working the literal graveyard shift, she meets two kinds of customers:

Pre-Need: They know what’s up. They bought their graves a long time ago, before they needed them.

At Need: They are in shock, mourning a loved one’s unexpected death. Leigh avoids sponging their agony by focusing on things like guessing the headstone choice (mostly granite).

Sarcastic and smart, Leigh should be able to stand up to her family and quit. But her world’s been turned upside down by the sudden loss of her best friend and the appearance of Dario, the slightly-too-old-for-her grave digger. Surrounded by death, can Leigh move on, if moving on means it’s time to get a life?



This sounds like the YA book version of the TV series Six Feet Under, which was a really good show. There's just something about undertakers and coroners that I find extremely interesting. Plus, I'm always on the lookout for fresh YA contemporary authors.

What are you waiting on this week?

3 comments:

  1. Lol, I should give this to my husband. Before moving to the administration side of things he sold the funeral arrangements to people. I'd be tempted to read this myself but I'm sort of afraid to because I know how things really work and it might influence whether I find the protagonist enjoyable or not. Also I'd probably nitpick everything. Interesting pick for sure though.

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    1. I know how you feel! I'm an attorney and get really annoyed at any attorney, cop, CSI-type show. I constantly sit there and say "that's not legal", "that would never happen", etc.

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  2. I featured this one as my wow weeks ago. I LOVED Six Feet Under and this just sounds amazing! Thanks for stopping by!

    Jennifer @ Some Like It Paranormal

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You are going to put words in my box?! *squeezes you* Now I shall stalk YOUR blog!