Tuesday, September 28, 2010

WIN A COPY OF THE FALSE FRIEND




ABOUT THIS BOOK

From the bestselling author of Bee Season comes an astonishingly complex psychological drama with a simple setup: two eleven-year-old girls, best friends and fierce rivals, go into the woods. Only one comes out . . .

Leaders of a mercurial clique of girls, Celia and Djuna reigned mercilessly over their three followers. One after­noon, they decided to walk home along a forbidden road. Djuna disappeared, and for twenty years Celia blocked out how it happened.

The lie Celia told to conceal her misdeed became the accepted truth: everyone assumed Djuna had been abducted, though neither she nor her abductor was ever found. Celia’s unconscious avoidance of this has meant that while she and her longtime boyfriend, Huck, are professionally successful, they’ve been unable to move forward, their relationship falling into a rut that threatens to bury them both.

Celia returns to her hometown to confess the truth, but her family and childhood friends don’t believe her. Huck wants to be supportive, but his love can’t blind him to all that contra­dicts Celia’s version of the past.

Celia’s desperate search to understand what happened to Djuna has powerful consequences. A deeply resonant and emotionally charged story, The False Friend explores the adults that children become—leading us to question the truths that we accept or reject, as well as the lies to which we succumb.

Thanks to Doubleday I have two copies of this book to giveaway. This is open to the U.S. only and NO P.O. boxes. This giveaway will start today, Tuesday, September 28th and I will use a randomizer and pull the winner on Friday, October 15th. The winner will have 48 hrs from being contacted to send me their mailing info if they fail to do so I will pull another winner. To enter you must be a follower of my blog, if you are not your entry will be deleted, leave your email address. If you do not your entry will be deleted. To receive extra entries you can do the following . . . 1. if you are already follower of this blog say so in your original comment; DO NOT LEAVE AN ADDITONAL COMMENT. 2. If you are a NEW follower leave an additional comment. 3. Tweet about this on twitter, and leave an additional comment with the link. 4. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link. GOOD LUCK!!!!

22 comments:

DarcyO said...

Sounds like a great read. Please include me. I'm already a follower.

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debbie said...

I would like to read it, it sounds really good. I already am a gfc follower.
debbie
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Sandra K321 said...

I would enjoy reading this, thanks. I am already a follower.
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Martha Lawson said...

This sounds really good! Please enter me.


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Linda Kish said...

I am a new GFC follower

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Unknown said...

I'd love a chance to read this book thanks!

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Unknown said...

Addition comment for being a NEW follower thanks!

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Andrea said...

I would love to read this!

I'm an old follower :)

Andrea
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Carol M said...

I'd love to read this! It sounds really good! Please enter me. Thank you!

I'm an old GFC follower.
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Unknown said...

I'm a new GFC follower. Thanks!
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Anonymous said...

Please count me in! I'm a new follower via GFC.

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Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

I'd like to read this one. I'm a follower.

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Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

I tweeted the giveaway.

http://twitter.com/UnderMyAppleTre/status/26474515132

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Leslie (Under My Apple Tree) said...

Posted the giveaway in the sidebar of my blog.

http://undermyappletree.wordpress.com/

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Tabby Lewis said...

Sounds like a good book. Thanks for the chance! :)

I'm a follower

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Carole said...

I'm glad you posted about this book because I would never have noticed it otherwise. I definitely want to read it and appreciate the chance to win a copy.

I'm a follower and I also subscribe to your blog.

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karenk said...

please count me in...thanks :)

karenk
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Joann said...

New follower, and this souds like a real good read!
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Terri said...

I'd love to read "The False Friend". Thanks for review.

Follower via Google Friend Connect.
vinter at warwick dot net

clenna said...

I'm a new follower.
I would love to win this book.

clenna at aol dot con

Dawn M. said...

Oooo, this sounds really good. Would love to read it. Count me in, please! :0)

Thanks!
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Dawn M. said...

I'm a new follower.

librarygrinch at gmail dot com

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