Waiting on Wednesday #31

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly awaiting.

I am excitingly awaiting the UK release of:

Second Chance Summer

by Morgan Matson

Publication Date: June 7th 2012

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Summary (courtesy of GoodReads):

Taylor's family might not be the closest-knit – everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled – but for the most part, they get along fine. Then they get news that changes everything: Her father has pancreatic cancer, and it's stage four – meaning that there is basically nothing to be done. Her parents decide that the family will spend his last months together at their old summerhouse in the Pocono Mountains.
Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former summer best friend is suddenly around, as is her first boyfriend. . . and he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve.
As the summer progresses, the Edwards become more of a family, and closer than they've ever been before. But all of them very aware that they're battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance – with family, with friends, and with love.

Why I want to read this:

I absolutely loved Matson's Amy & Roger's Epic Detour! Not just because it was a road trip but because Morgan Matson has a great gift for story telling. Amy & Roger's also dealt with family, loss and second chances and it was fabulously done. So I'm hoping to find the same style and attitude in Second Chance Summer. 

Plus I, too, believe in second chances!