22 May 2011
GIVEAWAY: A Gate At the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
I am cleaning out my bookshelves and therefore giving away my copies of some of the books that I have read over the last few years. So if you would like my once-read copy of "A Gate at the Stairs" by Lorrie Moore, please leave a comment with a recommendation of one of your favourite books. Genre and topic doesn't matter as long as it is a book that you love :-)
I will pick a winner of the give-away at random on Tuesday May 24th.
Here is a description of the book from amazon.com:
Tassie Keltjin, 20, a smalltown girl weathering a clumsy college year in the Athens of the Midwest, is taken on as prospective nanny by brittle Sarah Brink, the proprietor of a pricey restaurant who is desperate to adopt a baby despite her dodgy past. Subsequent adventures in prospective motherhood involve a pregnant girl with scarcely a tooth in her head and a white birth mother abandoned by her African-American boyfriend—both encounters expose class and racial prejudice to an increasingly less naïve Tassie. In a parallel tale, Tassie lands a lover, enigmatic Reynaldo, who tries to keep certain parts of his life a secret from Tassie. Moore's graceful prose considers serious emotional and political issues with low-key clarity and poignancy, while generous flashes of wit—Tessie the sexual innocent using her roommate's vibrator to stir her chocolate milk—endow this stellar novel with great heart.
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I don't know if you like epic fantasy, but I've been watching the show Game of Thrones and reading the book from which the show was made, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, and am absolutely enchanted by it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you like something with more of an urban fantasy/paranormal bite, I would recommend Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs. Who said werewolves were last season definitely didn't read this one.
What a pretty blog, love the birds.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'd suggest Memoirs of a Geisha...one of my absolute favorites!
enter me please Willa ,a book I like Wonder hug claus set post war Belgium about nazis ,all the best stu
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for stopping by Pen and Paper to let me know of this giveaway but I have already read and reviewed the book. I'll gladly add your details to the comp/giveaway page of my blog though. Good luck all who enter.
ReplyDeletePs I forgot to say I have just finished reading Prism by Faye and Aliza Kellerman and can highly recommend it as a good read.
ReplyDeleteThanks Petty Witter, I will check it out :-)
ReplyDeleteAhhh, I love Lorrie Moore! Haunting. Lovely. Anyways, one of my favorite books (I recommended it in my Wine Wednesday post) is Doris Lessing's "The Grass is Singing". Absolutely awesome.
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