Waiting on Wednesday (February 20)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we post upcoming releases we're highly anticipating. My pre-publication selection for this week's Waiting on Wednesday is The Program by Suzanne Young. 

 The Program

Suzanne Young

Series: Program, #1

Release Date: April 30th, 2013

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Number of Pages: 416

In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.

Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.

Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. And The Program is coming for them.

I've been looking forward to reading this one for quite a while - novels concerning suicide are always an interesting move for authors to make, and the few novels concerning suicide have been ones I liked, and the concept of suicide coupled with a dystopian world (the synopsis reminds me of Delirium but with suicide, actually) in The Program makes this high up on my wish-list. 

What are you waiting on?

 Let me know in the comments!