Sunday, October 4, 2015

Waves of Sunday #75

Welcome to our weekly edition of Waves of Sunday where each Sunday we spotlight a book that has been making waves in the book scene or has simply caught our attention causing a riptide on our TBR.
Today we are spotlighting:

Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt #1) by Heidi Cullinan
Published April 7th 2015 by Samhain Publishing, Ltd.

Normal is just a setting on the dryer.

High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic.

But Jeremey doesn’t judge him for that. He’s too busy judging himself, as are his parents, who don’t believe in things like clinical depression. When his untreated illness reaches a critical breaking point, Emmet is the white knight who rescues him and brings him along as a roommate to The Roosevelt, a quirky new assisted living facility nearby.

As Jeremey finds his feet at The Roosevelt, Emmet slowly begins to believe he can be loved for the man he is behind the autism. But before he can trust enough to fall head over heels, he must trust his own conviction that friendship is a healing force, and love can overcome any obstacle.

Warning: Contains characters obsessed with trains and counting, positive representations of autism and mental illness, a very dark moment, and Elwood Blues.


Arlene's Thoughts 
I've had this book on my TBR for a while, and it's recently gotten some attention on my Goodreads flist, so I really want to bump this to the top and see what it's all about. The ratings and reviews are amazing, so there must be something deeply moving about this story to get such raving attention. Couple that with what appears to be a very emotional story that involves depression and autism, I have to say I'm sold. Definitely diving into this soon!

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