Waiting on Wednesday: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  Its purpose is to spotlight eagerly-anticipated upcoming releases.

This week I’m eagerly awaiting:

Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt

Expected Release Date: January 15, 2013

Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, bringing home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own—until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys what they want, you can get what you need. But the price is high—the other kids make fun of her; the girls call her a slut. Anna’s new friend, Toy, seems to have found a way around the loneliness, but Toy has her own secrets that even Anna can’t know.

Then comes Sam. When Anna actually meets a boy who is more than just useful, whose family eats dinner together, laughs, and tells stories, the truth about love becomes clear. And she finally learns how it feels to have something to lose—and something to offer. Real, shocking, uplifting, and stunningly lyrical, Uses for Boys is a story of breaking down and growing up.

(summary via Goodreads)

Provided the novel doesn’t cross over into total didacticism, this sounds like the kind of contemporary YA that I absolutely adore and devour and want to talk about all the time.  I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high for it, but the early buzz (like, really early) is largely positive, and if the blurb is to be believed, this one will be an important release next year (maybe that’s just wistful thinking on my part?)

What are you waiting on this week?

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