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While He Was Away Walmart-Exclusive Cover Reveal   and How Inspiration Can Come From Anywhere: Even a Trip to the Grocery Store and a Handful of Long-Lost Photographs By Karen Schreck I sometimes wonder what my mother would say if she knew that her story—one of the saddest, sweetest love stories I’ve ever heard—was retold in a new way in my young adult novel, While He Was Away . Now Sourcebooks Fire is sharing the story yet again, in a second, exclusive edition, released nation-wide at Walmart.   The fact that Sourcebooks believed enough in While He Was Away to bring it to life the first time felt like a much-needed confirmation of years of hard work.   The fact that they are standing behind my book again in this way . . . well, it feels like a miracle.   I’m truly grateful. I wonder what my mother would say to this incredible news? I like to think she would be grateful too.   I like to think she would be happy.   She ...

Title: While He Was Away Author: Karen Schreck Pages: 256 Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release Date: May 1, 2012 Teaser:  I wouldn't be able to sleep. Even beat, it's hard. But at least lying there I can look at your pictures. I've got this wall beside me, and I've covered every square inch with you. You're the last person I see falling asleep, the first person I see waking up  About the book:  "This is just something I have to do, okay?" I hear David say. "The right thing." He cradles my face in his hands. He kisses me hard. Then he lets go of me. His eyes dart from me to whatever's next. All she wants is for him to stay. She's bee n doing pretty well, pretending he doesn't have to go. But one day, after one last night to remember, she wakes up and there's no denying it anymore. He's gone. When Penna Weaver's boyfriend goes off to Iraq, she's left facing life without him. As summer sets in, Penna tri...

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